Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday night promised that Democrats will not “supply quorum” for the votes needed to advance the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, saying that the confirmation process was not legitimate.
He also demanded that Barrett recuse herself from cases involving the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, and the upcoming presidential election.
“Democrats will not supply the quorum” to the Senate Judiciary Committee for a vote, Schumer remarked to reporters on Sunday, signaling that he might boycott a committee meeting on Thursday if Republicans do not have enough of their members present at the hearing to achieve a quorum needed under committee rules.
In the full Senate, a quorum is 51 members, and the quorum in the Judiciary panel is nine members, including two in the minority, or Democratic, party. If one or fewer Democrats show up for the Oct. 22 vote on Barrett’s confirmation, they could prevent the committee from sending the nomination to the Senate.
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