GOP threatens walkout on Chuck Hagel vote

Defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel could get a vote in committee as early as Tuesday, but Republican aides reacted to that idea by suggesting that some members could walk out in protest.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) is considering a vote to coincide with a previously scheduled hearing on sequestration, and is “fed up with Republicans after a boisterous hearing last week with Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Democratic sources told POLITICO.