Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee plowed ahead Thursday with a party-line vote agreeing to move forward with the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, setting a date for her committee vote next week.
Democrats protested, issuing motions to adjourn the hearing and demand a delay.
“The purpose of doing it is simply to have a justice on the Supreme Court — as the president said — to decide the election and to strike down the Affordable Care Act. We have had inadequate time to review this nomination,” said Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat.
He said there is a new report that Judge Barrett didn’t disclose seven speeches she gave in the past that the committee wasn’t able to review yet, arguing the senators need more time to execute their advice and consent role.
But Sen. Lindsey Graham, the chairman of the committee, moved forward with the GOP majority shooting down the Democrats’ demands…
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