as libby casey reports, top-ranking republicans fought it up. antonio, it's impossible to strait out the politics. republicans repeated their stance. they won't vote against it, they won't let a nominee come up for a hearing. entrenched positions. republicans say no supreme court nominee until there's a president. we are not going to draw up any nominee. i'm not going to let it happen. to the good people of iowa. on the other hand democrats say it only fair to consider president obama's choice. >> i am appealing to the better agents of their nation. when there is a nominee, do as they have done in the past. give the nominee careful. meet with the nominee, ask the nominee questions. >> reporter: thursday's business meeting of the senate meeting turned into a forum to go on the record. no changes between republicans and democrats. the committee has the power to screen, block or ignore the president's nominee. >> the work of the committee, the congress, will be shame fully incomplete if the committee refuses to do that most important job of weighin

libby casey is live for us in washington. so libby what do the lawmakers have to say?> reporter: richelle this is a meeting of the jude ashary committee, the body that would be responsible for holding hearings, but republicans are saying they don't want to do that, and they have not changed their position in the last couple of weeks, so they used this opportunity today to emphasize their position that no nominee should come up for a vetting until a new president is sworn in. >> we're not going to drop any nominee into an election called ron. and i'm not going to let it happen to the good people of ohio. >> reporter: that's chuck grassley from iowa. democrats say that the nominee should get a vetting process, even if they are not confirmed, they should at least have hearings, and we heard diane feinstein point out that there have been 14 justices confirmed in presidential election years. >> so i am appealing to the better angels of your nature. when there is a nominee, do as we have done in the past. give the nominee careful consideration. meet with the nominee. ask the

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