🚨NEW: Because Crenshaw’s vote was pushed to the afternoon, it clashed with a Senate procedural rule that says no Senate committee or subcommittee (except the Committees on Appropriations and Budget and their subcommittees) can meet after the Senate has been in session for two hours or past 2:00 p.m. EST.
The only way around this would have been for the Senate to grant a unanimous consent waiver for them to meet outside the required committee activity time window. I’m told the Republicans, at the direction of Ranking Member @SenatorTimScott, blocked the waiver that would have allowed this to happen.
Now @SenSherrodBrown will have to reschedule another markup for the vote. Unclear when he will do so, but I have reached out for comment.
Note: There are now technically only seven days left before Congress adjourns for the year and Crenshaw will need to make it through both a committee vote and a full Senate vote to get reappointed. Time is ticking. ⏰