Lawmakers honor Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, but Dems say it's time for her to allow vote on federal judge

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Lawmakers honor Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, but Dems say it's time for her to allow vote on federal judge

Twelve Senate Democrats did not vote for a resolution Thursday honoring U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as being the first woman elected to represent Mississippi in Washington because she is blocking a vote on the nomination of Scott Colom to a federal judgeship. “As Democrats we support women being elected to political office,” said Sen. Derrick Simmons, D-Greenville, who is the chamber’s minority leader. But Simmons said the decision not to vote on…