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Republicans Advance ACB Supreme Court Nomination Despite Democrats’ Boycott Of Committee Vote

"We will report Judge Barrett out. She will go to the floor."

Joseph Curl
Republicans Advance ACB Supreme Court Nomination Despite Democrats’ Boycott Of Committee Vote
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None of the Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee showed up Thursday for the planned committee vote on whether to send Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the full Senate.

The rules say in order to have a quorum, at least two members of the minority party must be present.

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