___The Senate Judiciary Committee plans to vote Jan. 24 on President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general pick, Sen. Jeff Sessions. ___5:30 p.m.President-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, is scheduled to get a Senate committee vote on Monday. ___3:50 p.m.Montana Rep. Ryan Zinke says he disagrees with President-elect Donald Trump's claim that climate change is a hoax. ___3: 30 p.m.Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell is introducing legislation to maintain health benefits for retired coal miners whose companies have declared bankruptcy in recent years. Critics also have raised concerns of a possible conflict of interest, since DeVos has donated heavily to Republicans, including several of the Senate committee members.

Source: Economic Times January 17, 2017 23:20 UTC