GOP seeks to call off Senate work, but not Barrett hearings
4 years, 5 months ago

GOP seeks to call off Senate work, but not Barrett hearings

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The coroniavirus reached further into Republican ranks on Saturday, forcing the Senate to call off lawmaking as a third GOP senator tested positive for COVID-19. Even so, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declared he would push President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee toward confirmation in the shadow of the November election. Trump and Senate Republicans had hoped the confirmation hearings of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s would make the final case to voters of the party’s commitment to remake the court with a muscular conservative majority. We talked about the people’s business — fighting the pandemic, confirming Judge Barrett, and strengthening the economy for American families.” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer took aim at McConnell’s plan, saying that if the COVID threat is too great for Senate sessions, it makes Barrett’s confirmation perilous, too. The next day, Tillis and Lee, two members of the Judiciary Committee that will handle Barrett’s confirmation, announced that like Trump, they had tested positive for the virus.

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Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell can continue with his work schedule, congressional physician says
1 year, 6 months ago

Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell can continue with his work schedule, congressional physician says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The attending physician to Congress said Thursday that he had cleared Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell to continue with his planned schedule after evaluating an incident in which McConnell appeared to freeze up at an event in Kentucky. “After evaluating yesterday’s incident, I have informed Leader McConnell that he is medically clear to continue with his schedule as …

GOP-led Senate rejects vote on Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID checks
4 years, 3 months ago

GOP-led Senate rejects vote on Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID checks

LA Times  

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says Congress has provided enough assistance during the pandemic. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shut the door Wednesday on President Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks, declaring Congress has provided enough pandemic aid as he blocked another attempt by Democrats to force a vote. Trump has been berating the GOP leaders, and tweeted, “$2000 …

McConnell moves to shut down debate on Barrett nomination, setting up final vote just days before election
4 years, 5 months ago

McConnell moves to shut down debate on Barrett nomination, setting up final vote just days before election

CNN  

CNN — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, brushing aside Democratic concerns over the expedited timeframe for confirming Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, moved on Friday to cut off debate and set up a final confirmation vote eight days before the election. The New York Democrat argued that while the Republican majority “may have the power to confirm this nomination …

The Latest: Nominee Barrett to field questions from senators
4 years, 5 months ago

The Latest: Nominee Barrett to field questions from senators

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Latest on the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court …

Amy Coney Barrett Faces Senators’ Questions On Second Day Of Hearings
4 years, 5 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett Faces Senators’ Questions On Second Day Of Hearings

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett batted back Democrats’ skeptical questions on abortion, gun rights and election disputes in lively Senate confirmation testimony Tuesday, insisting she would bring no personal agenda to the court but would decide cases as they come. “Judges can’t just wake up one day and say I have an agenda — …

Amy Coney Barrett hearing: GOP ‘bypassing the will of voters’ to have SCOTUS roll back Obamacare, Harris says
4 years, 5 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett hearing: GOP ‘bypassing the will of voters’ to have SCOTUS roll back Obamacare, Harris says

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy California Senator Kamala Harris …

U.S. Senate begins Barrett’s confirmation hearing
4 years, 5 months ago

U.S. Senate begins Barrett’s confirmation hearing

The Hindu  

The U.S. Senate kicked off a four day confirmation hearing of Trump nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, with Republican and Democratic lawmakers outlining their party positions on policy and their views on the fact that a hearing is taking place at all, this close to Election Day on November 3. “The COVID problem in America is …

’The world is watching’: Senate hearing opens for US Supreme Court pick Barrett
4 years, 5 months ago

’The world is watching’: Senate hearing opens for US Supreme Court pick Barrett

Live Mint  

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday opened its four-day confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett in what the panel's chairman predicted would be a "long contentious week," as Democrats denounced a Republican drive to approve her before the Nov. 3 U.S. election. The hearing for Barrett, a conservative appellate court judge picked by Trump …

Amy Coney Barrett hearing: 5 takeaways from Monday
4 years, 5 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett hearing: 5 takeaways from Monday

CNN  

CNN — The first day of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett featured plenty of fiery speeches – many of them aimed at next month’s presidential election rather than the nominee herself. A Democratic committee aide said the decision to use personal stories stemmed from an effort to to make Barrett’s confirmation as tangible …

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing
4 years, 5 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing

NPR  

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP Updated at 2:33 p.m. ET The Senate Judiciary Committee held its fourth and final day of hearings on Thursday on President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sponsor Message Barrett's nomination has become a political lightning rod …

Amy Coney Barrett: What to expect in the US Senate hearing
4 years, 5 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett: What to expect in the US Senate hearing

Al Jazeera  

Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, will face the Senate Judiciary Committee in a four-day hearing starting on Monday that kickstarts a confirmation process that Republicans hope to complete before the November 3 elections. In 2017, then-law professor Barrett wrote a law review essay criticising Chief Justice John Roberts’s reasoning in a 2012 Supreme Court ruling that …

In non-debate, SC Senate hopefuls talk COVID, courts, unrest
4 years, 5 months ago

In non-debate, SC Senate hopefuls talk COVID, courts, unrest

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Hours before a second scheduled debate between U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison, event organizers were forced Friday to change the format, offering back-to-back, one-on-one interviews — rather than a debate — following a day of campaign clashes over COVID-19 that stirred doubts of whether the matchup would go on at all. Graham, chairman …

Challenger demands Graham get COVID-19 test before debate
4 years, 5 months ago

Challenger demands Graham get COVID-19 test before debate

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic challenger Jaime Harrison are …

Senate GOP, setting aside Covid-19 fears, on track for quick Barrett confirmation this month
4 years, 5 months ago

Senate GOP, setting aside Covid-19 fears, on track for quick Barrett confirmation this month

CNN  

Washington CNN — Senate Republican leaders are plotting a quick confirmation vote for Amy Coney Barrett this month, confident that enough senators will return to give her a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court and setting aside fears the spread of Covid-19 in GOP circles could derail the effort. “It makes it very difficult.” Democrats’ effort to draw out her …

Trump court nomination hangs over Senate shuttered by virus
4 years, 5 months ago

Trump court nomination hangs over Senate shuttered by virus

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Senate is shut down by COVID-19 infections, but Republicans …

Senate Republicans split on the need for coronavirus testing
4 years, 5 months ago

Senate Republicans split on the need for coronavirus testing

CNN  

CNN — Eighty-seven-year-old Sen. Chuck Grassley – who as the most senior Republican in the chamber is third in the line of succession to the presidency – will not be tested for coronavirus despite three of his GOP colleagues being positive and spending last week on Capitol Hill with the infected senators. An aide to Indiana Sen. Mike Braun, one …

Republicans panic that congressional COVID eruption will derail SCOTUS confirmation vote
4 years, 5 months ago

Republicans panic that congressional COVID eruption will derail SCOTUS confirmation vote

Salon  

Senate Republicans are reportedly begging Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to send the Senate home for at least a week over fears that a mass COVID-19 infection could derail their plans to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. The Washington Post's Robert Costa reports that Republicans are asking McConnell to "take the Senate out of session next week" after multiple …

Ron Johnson: Senate GOP’s third positive Covid-19 case threatens quick Barrett confirmation
4 years, 5 months ago

Ron Johnson: Senate GOP’s third positive Covid-19 case threatens quick Barrett confirmation

CNN  

CNN — Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has tested positive for coronavirus after being exposed to someone with the virus earlier this week, according to his spokesman, making him the third GOP senator to test positive in 24 hours and threatening the quick confirmation prospects of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. In a sign of just …

McConnell Seeks Agreement To Delay Senate's Return Amid Positive Coronavirus Tests
4 years, 5 months ago

McConnell Seeks Agreement To Delay Senate's Return Amid Positive Coronavirus Tests

NPR  

McConnell Seeks Agreement To Delay Senate's Return Amid Positive Coronavirus Tests Enlarge this image toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Updated at 1:21 p.m. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that he'll seek to obtain a consent agreement to delay the return of Senate from Monday to Oct. 19 in the wake of three GOP senators testing …

Mike Lee May Have Infected Senate Judiciary Committee Members With COVID-19
4 years, 5 months ago

Mike Lee May Have Infected Senate Judiciary Committee Members With COVID-19

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Sen. Mike Lee announced Friday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and said he first began feeling symptoms Thursday morning ― right around the time he attended a nearly 90-minute Senate Judiciary Committee hearing without a mask on for at least part of the time. Lee’s positive COVID-19 test raises serious questions not just about which …

White House virus outbreak could complicate Supreme Court confirmation
4 years, 5 months ago

White House virus outbreak could complicate Supreme Court confirmation

LA Times  

Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks after President Trump announced her Supreme Court nomination at a Sept. 26 event at the White House Rose Garden, where the coronavirus may have spread among attendees. Senate Republicans pledged to plow ahead with the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court despite President Trump’s diagnosis of COVID-19 and the potential for …

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Will Move Forward, McConnell Says
4 years, 5 months ago

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Will Move Forward, McConnell Says

NPR  

Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court Confirmation Will Move Forward, McConnell Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Greg Nash/AP Greg Nash/AP Updated at 1:20 p.m. ET Judge Amy Coney Barrett has tested negative for the coronavirus, a White House spokesman said Friday, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he planned to move forward with her confirmation process, which is set …

Trump chose Barrett days after Ginsburg’s death, papers show
4 years, 6 months ago

Trump chose Barrett days after Ginsburg’s death, papers show

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump offered to name Judge Amy Coney Barrett his Supreme Court nominee more than a week ago at the White House — and she accepted, according to formal paperwork submitted to the Senate ahead of her confirmation hearings. The judge’s nearly 70-page questionnaire was submitted by the White House to the Senate Tuesday as Barrett launched …

McConnell shields Judge Amy Coney Barrett from questions about election outcome as she meets with senators
4 years, 6 months ago

McConnell shields Judge Amy Coney Barrett from questions about election outcome as she meets with senators

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett has travelled to …

Senate to convene with risks due to no quick virus testing
4 years, 10 months ago

Senate to convene with risks due to no quick virus testing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate is set to convene Monday but the health risks from the coronavirus are being laid bare as the Capitol physician says there is no way to quickly test the 100 senators and staff. “The sooner we can have testing, the safer we’ll be,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday on “The Late Show with Stephen …

McConnell shuts down Trump’s demand to make Democrats testify in impeachment: 'Mutually assured destruction'
5 years, 3 months ago

McConnell shuts down Trump’s demand to make Democrats testify in impeachment: 'Mutually assured destruction'

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump has made his position clear on how he wants the impeachment trial to be conducted: A partisan parade of Republican-approved witnesses the Senate GOP can publicly smack down, like Hunter Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, and the anonymous intelligence community whistleblower who originally filed the complaint. According to the Washington Post, …

Anxiety rises as Washington waits for FBI report that will decide Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court fate
6 years, 5 months ago

Anxiety rises as Washington waits for FBI report that will decide Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court fate

Firstpost  

Senators nervously awaited the arrival of a new FBI report on sexual allegations that could make or break Brett Kavanaugh’s tottering Supreme Court nomination Wednesday as aggressive protesters and an unusually strong security response added to a feeling of high anxiety inside the U.S. Capitol. Washington: Senators nervously awaited the arrival of a new FBI report on sexual allegations that …

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