Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says 'Mitch McConnell has defiled the Senate' with his push to fill the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat. 'The American people won't stand for it,' Schumer said.
In call, Pence asks governors to build confidence in Covid-19 vaccine as election nearsVice President Mike Pence speaks during the White House Conference on American History at the National Archives in Washington, DC, September 17. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
"I know we’re in an election season. Just as I have over the last seven or eight months, I’m leaving the politics outside," Pence said on the call. Pence sought to dispel those concerns with governors —"No corners are going to be cut, ever," he said — and asked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease specialist, to lay out the vaccine approval process.Fauci said multiple advisory panels would be consulted before a vaccine is approved, either for emergency use or a broader approval, and said all the scientific data would be made available for independent review.
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