JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Cmte. advances bill to protect Special Counsel Mueller to full Senate. Sen. Majority Leader McConnell previously said he would not allow the bill to come to the floor for full Senate vote.

JUST IN: Senate Judiciary Cmte. advances bill to protect Special Counsel Mueller to full Senate.

Sen. Majority Leader McConnell previously said he would not allow the bill to come to the floor for full Senate vote.

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 26, 2018

Sen. Schumer calls on Sen. Majority Leader McConnell to put special counsel protection bill on Senate floor for vote immediately:

"Rather than waiting for a constitutional crisis, the full Senate should act now."

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 26, 2018