Democratic Illinois U-S Senator Dick Durbin met with President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Wednesday and called out Republicans for not granting Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination a hearing.
Durbin says he wants to see Garland on the Supreme Court.
He says Republicans - including Illinois Senator Mark Kirk - should put more pressure on Republican leaders to have a vote.
"The obvious question to ask those senators and others is if your leader is trying to draw you into a position which you think is fundamentally wrong, do you still stand behind that leader," Durbin said.
Kirk has said his Republican colleagues should vote on Garland’s nomination.
A statement from Kirk’s campaign says he’s at the forefront of the issue - and handed out a memo to Republican senators today, calling on them to meet with Garland.
Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth faces Kirk in the November election.
