Harlan Crow, chairman and chief executive officer of Crow Holdings LLC, sits for a photograph at the Old Parkland estate offices in Dallas, Texas, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 2, 2015.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to approve subpoenas for conservative activist Leonard Leo and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow in its Supreme Court ethics probe.
Ahead of the meeting, Durbin told reporters that Republicans had filed 177 amendments, which would have taken hours to go through.
Before the vote on the subpoenas, the meeting devolved into partisan bickering after Democrats tried to block Republicans from debating a nominee the panel was considering.
"Congratulations on destroying the United States Senate Judiciary Committee," Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said to Durbin after Republicans then refused to vote on the subpoenas.
Persons:
Harlan Crow, Leonard Leo, Dick Durbin, Durbin, Sen, Lindsey Graham, John Cornyn
Organizations:
Crow Holdings LLC, GOP, Democratic, Republican, NBC News, United States, Committee
Locations:
Parkland, Dallas , Texas, U.S, Texas