Subject: TODAY: 12:30pmET/11:30amCT: New Constitutional Responsibility Project-League of Conservation Voters Poll Showcases Iowans’ Dissatisfaction with Sen. Grassley’s Supreme Court Obstruction
From: Natalie Raps <[email-masked]>
To: Natalie Raps <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 12:37:40 +0000

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May 2, 2016
Contact: Natalie Raps, [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

MONDAY: New Constitutional Responsibility Project-League of Conservation Voters Poll Showcases Iowans’ Dissatisfaction with Sen. Grassley’s Supreme Court Obstruction

Senator Harry Reid, Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie, Constitutional Responsibility Project, League of Conservation Voters and Pollster Geoff Garin to Discuss Voter Frustration over Sen. Grassley’s Decision to Play Politics with the Supreme Court

On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 12:30pm ET/11:30am CT, the Constitutional Responsibility Project in conjunction with the League of Conservation Voters will host a press conference call with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie, Stephanie Cutter of the Constitutional Responsibility Project, Geoff Garin, President of Hart Research Associates and Tiernan Sittenfeld, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at League of Conservation Voters to discuss a new poll that shows Iowans disagree with Senator Chuck Grassley’s (R-IA) decision to play politics and block the Senate Judiciary Committee from considering Chief Judge Merrick Garland on the merits of his record and providing him with a fair hearing and an up-or-down vote.
The poll comes as Senator Grassley and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and the overwhelming majority of Republican Senators continue to shirk their constitutional responsibility and blow past the average<https://public.tableau.com/shared/6JZTHNXKS?:display_count=no&:showVizHome=no> waiting period since 1975 in which Supreme Court appointments have been given a fair hearing.
The call will be on the record and without embargo.

WHO:             Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa
Stephanie Cutter, Constitutional Responsibility Project
Geoff Garin, President of Hart Research Associates
Tiernan Sittenfeld, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs, League of Conservation Voters

WHEN:           TODAY, Monday, May 2, 2016
12:30pm ET/11:30am CT

DIAL IN:        Please RSVP to [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> for call-in information.

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