if he does not come of the burlington hawkeye his right. history will never forget this unprecedented misstep. never forget this misstep by grassley. i yield the floor. >> well, madam president, it is another day and another tantrum from them in order leader. but it does not matter how much the minority leader jumps up and down

"the hawkeye" burlington, iowa, the oldest newspaper in the state in iowa. an editorial in iowa's oldest newspaper, as i indicated, "the burlington hawkeye." the misstep is an unprecedented decision by the senior senator from iowa and the republican leader to deny the president to fill the current supreme court vacancy. the editorial ends with this declaration -- and i quote -- "a few weeks back when the longest tenured senator from iowa passed a vote we lauded his service to us. we noted in casting votes on matters before the senate, he was doing what iowans elected him to do. we gave grassley an atta boy for that. we take it back. we take it back. that's a blistering statement. a revealing statement, a substantive statement. we take it back. there's a lesson that senator grassley and my republican colleagues should learn from this editorial. by refusing to give president obama's supreme court a meeting, a hearing, or a vote, they are banning the oath of office they swore when they became a united states senator. this abdication of their constitutional resp

if he does not come of the burlington hawkeye his right. history will never forget this unprecedented misstep. never forget this misstep by grassley. i yield the floor. >> well, madam president, it is another day and another tantrum from them in order leader. but it does not matter how much the minority leader jumps up and down, how much the majority leader stomps his feet, we are not going to let liberals get away with denying the american people an opportunity to be heard. letting the american people decide this question is a reasonable approach, a fair approach it is the approach the other side advocated in the shoes on the other foot and is with the american people deserve. they deserve the right to be heard, the american people want our reasonable justice, a persona person that will make the right decisions. madam president, as the american people continue voting during the presidential election they face a choice, do they want just another justice who will look to her heart and apply her own ethics and perspectives when deciding impor

history will not forget this misstep by senator grassley, the hawkeye, burlington iowa that is what they said. oldest newspaper and this is an unprecedented decision by the senior senator from mayor. past the vote lauding service ordering casting votes was doing by refusing to give president obama's supreme court nominee a meeting, hearing, vote swearing. this abdication epitomizes the work in the us. whatever they may have accomplished while the secondary.low remember, our job is here to vote. the stakes should not be higher. why? senate. because as judicially challenged he presides over one of the most prestigious committee's and the entire senate. established 200 years ago. one of the original 11 standing, 20 decades past. broad history and president martin van buren, ted kennedy and bill biden from guarded at all costs from being manhandled. independent fact in the face of opposition from the president and civil leader. looked to the judicial committee. during the civil war the chairman of illinois and his 1 committee offered the 13th amendment, abolish slavery. even the great presid