Senate Democrats are delaying a vote on Sen. Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE's nomination to be President Trump's attorney general, arguing they want more time to review the pick.

The Senate Judiciary Committee was scheduled to vote on the Alabama Republican's nomination during a Tuesday morning meeting. The committee's approval is a first step to being scheduled for a full Senate vote.

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But under committee rules, any lawmaker can ask that a nomination be held over for a week if it's on the agenda for the first time.