Posted on 10/15/2020 9:37:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Thursday that Republicans have the votes to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett this month.
"She'll come out of committee next Thursday ... and we'll go to the floor with her on Friday the 23rd and stay on it until we finish," McConnell told reporters in Kentucky.
"We have the votes," he added, when asked if Republicans would be able to confirm Barrett.
McConnell's remarks are the latest signal that Barrett's nomination to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on a glide path after she avoided landmines during her three-day appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.
Republicans on the panel have scheduled a committee vote on Barrett's nomination for Oct. 22.
That will allow McConnell to take a procedural step to call up her nomination for a vote the next day, paving the way for a final vote on her nomination on the Senate floor for the week of Oct. 26.
Democrats are expected to force Republicans to show they have the 51 members on the floor necessary to conduct business but are otherwise powerless to stop her from being confirmed without help from GOP senators.
Because Republicans nixed the 60-vote procedural threshold for Supreme Court nominees in 2017, Barrett only needs 50 "yes" votes and Vice President Pence to break a tie in order to be confirmed.
Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, meaning Barrett could lose three GOP senators and still let Pence break a tie.
Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) have both said they don't believe a nominee should be voted on before the elections next month. But only Collins has said she will vote no on a nominee if they are brought up.
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You just had to go and inject facts and common sense into this thread didn’t you? Party pooper!
I dont smoke - you are wrong about that too.
NEXT WEEK.
Bull. He let the Kavenaugh hearings get out of control. Not holding the ACB vote for a week. He gives the Dems one week to come up with a Ford type liar and he will extend hearings, wait on the FBI to “investgate”, etc.
Lied for 8 years about repealing Obamacare and let that scumbag McCain derail it. Puts shitty Senate candidates up. Could have had 2 more seats in 2018.
Let’s Collins, Romney, Sasse and Cow in Alaska go rouge. Etc.
With the Biden Crime Family being exposed and Big Tech and the MSM squashing the story, the focus on confirmation is a distraction at best and a catastrophe at worst. Enough of the kabuki theater. McConnell needs to activate the Senate to defend our liberties and win an election against a corrupt career politician.
Yeah, WHY WAIT?
BS attacks from some psycho democrat agent.
How about next week? Preferably Monday. Why put us through that crap? It does make the Dems look like imbeciles, though.
A little less talk and a lot more action.
Well Mitch, GIT ‘ER DONE!!!!!!
Alaska needs to run that broad out of a job.
Who’s side is he on? You’ve got to be kidding. When it comes to confirming judges, the Turtle has been top shelf. Take a deep breath. Or go take a walk. Or something.
Just do it now and get it done. Geesh, shaddup.
Then do it, you useless hump!
He had them two weeks ago too and chose to kick the can down the road.
To bad it hasn’t been done already in time for the ruling on ballot extension time in PA.
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