President Obama will wait until the Senate is in session to nominate a successor to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Reuters reported late Sunday.

The news service’s White House correspondent tweeted that an administration official told him that the president will not push through a nominee this week.

Obama will not push through a Supreme Court appointment this week, will wait to nominate until Senate is in session -White House official — Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) February 14, 2016

President Obama said late Saturday that he will nominate a successor “in due time."

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"There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the Senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote," he told reporters.

Scalia’s death, in the midst of a presidential election, is likely to spark a firestorm.

“There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year,” GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzLoeffler calls for hearing in wake of Netflix's 'Cuties' Health care in the crosshairs with new Trump Supreme Court list 'Parks and Rec' cast members hosting special reunion to raise money for Wisconsin Democrats MORE told Chuck Todd, host of NBC’s “Meet the Press," early Sunday.

“And what this means, Chuck, is we ought to make the 2016 election a referendum on the Supreme Court.”

When asked if the Senate has an obligation to at least consider a nomination that President Obama puts forward, Cruz responded, “Not remotely.”

"There'll be an election in November and we're going to have a debate about what kind of justice should replace Scalia and the voters are going to get to vote for a new president," GOP hopeful Marco Rubio Marco Antonio RubioFlorida senators pushing to keep Daylight Savings Time during pandemic Hillicon Valley: DOJ indicts Chinese, Malaysian hackers accused of targeting over 100 organizations | GOP senators raise concerns over Oracle-TikTok deal | QAnon awareness jumps in new poll Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings MORE said on “Fox News Sunday.”

"We're not moving forward on it, period," he added.