BREAKING: Senate Republicans Make History, First To Filibuster Defense Secretary Nominee

BREAKING: Senate Republicans Make History, First To Filibuster Defense Secretary Nominee: Senate Republicans today chose to uphold a filibuster against Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel, despite many of them previously pledging that they would be willing to allow him to be confirmed. Sens. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Jeff Sessions (R-AL), and John Cornyn (R-TX) all voted against cloture, despite their pleas during the Bush administration that [...]/p