U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says his Democratic colleagues will pose tough questions to President-elect Donald Trump’s appointees.
The Illinois Democrat will get to vote on Trump’s cabinet nominees, including U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions’ appointment as attorney general. Durbin has worked closely with Sessions in the past, but has also diverged from the Alabama Republican on certain issues.
Durbin says he wants Sessions to lay out his views on immigration and overhauling criminal justice.
“When things come out in the course of a hearing that make it a public and controversial issue, some Republicans may view this differently and join us if we are resisting a nominee.”
Republicans will have a narrow majority in the Senate next year. Only three GOP senators would have to join with Democrats to sink a Trump nominee.
