Ben Sasse Of Nebraska

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Ben sasse of nebraska - Senate what led him to run for office foreign policy regarding china and his work to confirm president trump s judicial nominees. Wowt senator ben sasse will be working from his nebraska home for the next two weeks. Ben sasse has called for more civility in the u s. Senators to be elected by popular votes in each state.

He is a member of the republican party. The nebraska republican claimed democrats opposed president donald trump s nominee. Ben sasse on monday gave an anti court packing and pro religious freedom civics lesson on the first day of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. Npr s noel king talks to republican sen.

Ben sasse kicked off his portion of monday s senate judiciary committee confirmation hearings by describing what he called a distinction between civics and politics the late justice ruth bader ginsberg was confirmed 96 3 in 1993 and fellow late justice antonin scalia enjoyed a 98 0 confirmation vote in 1986. Lincoln ne governor pete ricketts released the nineteenth episode of the nebraska way featuring u s. Born february 22 1972 is an american politician serving as the junior united states senator for nebraska since 2015. Sasse attended the gathering for amy coney barrett.

Senator ben sasse during this episode senator sasse discusses his time in the u s. Ben sasse called for the repeal of the 17th amendment to the united states constitution in an op ed published tuesday by the wall street journal. John s college and masters and doctorate degrees in. Ben sasse r ne offered a sanctimonious defense of amy coney barrett and many observers were disgusted.

Senate and even gave a lecture on the topic at the university of nebraska lincoln in 2019. In his opening remarks at the senate judiciary committee s hearings on confirming amy coney barrett to the supreme court nebraska sen. Ben sasse of nebraska who sits on the senate judiciary committee about the confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee judge amy coney barrett. Born in plainview nebraska sasse holds a bachelor s degree in government from harvard university master of arts in liberal studies from st.