US Senate committee to vote next week on recommending Supreme Court nominee

The US Senate Judiciary Committee convened and set an October 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020 - 15:25

Mark Sherman, Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

The US Senate Judiciary Committee convened and set an October 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination as Republicans race to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick before the November 3 election.

The session is without Ms Barrett after two long days of public evidence in which she stressed that she would be her own judge and sought to create distance between herself and past positions critical of abortion, the Affordable Care Act and other issues.