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Good morning, folks --

In a few hours, I\u2019ll be heading over to Georgetown University\u2019s Law Center, where I\u2019m going to speak to you about why it\u2019s so vitally important that Chief Judge Merrick Garland\u2019s nomination gets the consideration our Constitution affords it.

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You can watch that right here.

Now, between all the back-and forth you hear from all sides -- from pundits and from your own members of Congress -- I know it\u2019s often hard to know what\u2019s what in these political debates.

And that\u2019s on all of us to fix. Our politics are clearly broken. But what we need to make sure right now is that Washington\u2019s dysfunction doesn\u2019t become a constitutional crisis.

At the end of the day, no matter your politics, this comes down to the simple but vital obligation that we all have to do our jobs.

Most Americans go to work every day understanding that they\u2019ve got a job to do. There are days when you might not want to. But you don\u2019t have the luxury of simply deciding not to work because it\u2019s not convenient for you.

Neither should a United States Senator.

And right now, the United States Senate has a job to do. The Constitution has written a straightforward description of what that job calls for:

It says the President \u201cshall\u201d appoint someone to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, with the Senate\u2019s \u201cAdvice and Consent.\u201d

That includes consulting and voting. Voting in favor, or voting against \u2013 but voting.

Saying nothing, seeing nothing, reading nothing, and hearing nothing is not an option.

In my 36 years in the United States Senate, the Constitution was always our guidepost. Which meant that every single Supreme Court nominee got a hearing, a committee vote, and a floor vote. Period.

If our Senators don\u2019t do that this time, it could be an entire year before the highest court in our nation is able to do its job the way the Constitution requires it to do.

Folks, this is important. And it affects every single one of us.

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That\u2019s what I\u2019ll be talking about today. I hope you\u2019ll listen in.

-Joe

Vice President Joe Biden

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