Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Pres. Trump want a vote on his nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- but they're not expected to find that easy going.
The political battle over Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement has begun in Washington.Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Donald Trump want a vote on his nominee to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg -- but they're not expected to find that easy going.One of them, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, said Saturday that any confirmation vote should wait until after the presidential election and that the man elected Nov. 3 should select the nominee.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski looks on during the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine COVID-19, 'focusing on lessons learned to prepare for the next pandemic' on Capitol Hill, on June 23, 2020, in Washington. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham listens during a hearing with the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Sept. 16, 2020."Well, I totally disagree with her. We have an obligation. We won. And we have an obligation as the winners to pick who we want. That's not the next president.
That about-face also puts Graham in line with McConnell, who announced in a statement Friday evening that Trump’s nominee “will get a vote on the floor of the U.S. Senate” shortly after the news broke of Ginsburg’s death. MORE: Donald Trump to put forth nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in coming days: SourcesRepublican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol, in Washington, June 17, 2020.
Senate Democrats and their outside allied groups have blasted the shift by McConnell and are expected to fight to keep a third Trump nominee from the highest court in the land.Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks at a news conference with reporters at the Capitol, in Washington, July 23, 2020.
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