Senate Republicans have largely lined up behind President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in moving ahead with a Supreme Court nomination ahead of Election Day
Senate Republicans have largely lined up behind President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in moving ahead with a Supreme Court nomination ahead of Election Day.
A survey of Senate Republicans shows that more than 30 senators, or well over half of the Republican conference, have backed moving forward to fill the vacancy created Friday when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer. Those who haven’t issued statements are expected to follow GOP Senate leadership, which wants...
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