Franken said he wanted to set the record straight and complained that his integrity had been abused.
Cornyn interrupted Franken as Republicans tried to move ahead and vote on the nominee.
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The top Democrat on a Senate panel responsible for advancing President Donald Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office says she needs time to examine the results of a routine FBI investigation before she can vote on Rep. Mick Mulvaney’s nomination.
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill says she gained access to Mulvaney’s FBI file just a half-hour before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee vote Wednesday morning. Mulvaney is a Missouri Republican tapped to lead the Office of Management and Budget.
The vote has been postponed by not rescheduled. Mulvaney faces a Budget panel vote on Thursday.
Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain is a critic of Mulvaney’s prior House votes on Pentagon spending, but he said after the hearing that he would have voted to advance Mulvaney.
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