Elie Honig is a CNN legal analyst and former federal and state prosecutor. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion on CNN. Watch Honig answer readers' questions on "CNN Newsroom with Ana Cabrera" on weekends. (CNN) This week, Judge Merrick Garland will finally get a confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, more than four years after his nomination to the US Supreme Court was torpedoed by Sen. Mitch McConnell's obstructionism. Of course, this time Garland has been nominated as President Joe Biden's attorney general, and, with Senate Democrats in the majority, his swift confirmation is all but assured. Elie Honig If all goes as planned and Garland takes the reins at the Justice Department, he will face a daunting thicket of quandaries that present thorny issues of law, accountability and politics. Garland will bring impressive credentials to the attorney general position. Unlike the former … [Read more...] about The three biggest decisions facing Merrick Garland
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Congress begins slog to finalize Dems’ $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill: What to know
close Video Coronavirus stimulus package includes items that have ‘nothing to do with COVID’: Rep. Scalise House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., criticizes the relief plan on ‘Fox & Friends.’ Welcome to the slog. East coast Major League Baseball teams endure a slog. They have a big west coast road trip stretching out over a few weeks. Games in Arizona. San Diego. Los Angeles. San Francisco. Oakland. College students encounter the slog. That final crunch of classwork, two weeks until the end of the semester – followed by finals. And Congress is no stranger to the slog. Especially when there’s a big, expensive bill, hurtling down the parliamentary pike. That’s the case over the next couple of weeks as Congress tries to finalize the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill. BIDEN'S COVID-19 RELIEF BILL INCLUDES $300B IN UNRELATED SPENDING, ANALYSIS SHOWS Completing the fifth round of COVID aid was a slog. Talks … [Read more...] about Congress begins slog to finalize Dems’ $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill: What to know
