Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said on Sunday that the Senate should not take up a Supreme Court nomination before the election, becoming the second GOP senator to voice opposition to a vote before Nov. 3. “For weeks, I have stated that I would not support taking up a potential Supreme Court vacancy this close to…
Senator Lisa Murkowski issued a statement after President Trump nominated U-S Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court.
Toomey, a swing-state senator, was one of the last potential GOP defectors to come out in support of processing Trump's eventual nominee ahead of the election
The Senate majority leader told an audience in Kentucky that if a vacancy were to occur in the election year, "we'd fill it." He had refused to allow a vote on President Obama's nominee in 2016.
The senator, who voted to remove Trump from office earlier this year, said he would evaluate a Trump nominee based on her qualifications.
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) proved again what a steadfast, Democratic hero she’s become in Wednesday’s hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. She reaffirmed that Thursday morning, joining the Democratic revolt against the massive document...
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The move toward final confirmation comes despite Democratic objections and just over a week before the presidential election.
The Senate leader, who blocked former president Barack Obama’s nominee for much of 2016, is pressing ahead within weeks of the Nov. 3 election.
Murkowski is the second GOP senator to speak out against voting on a nominee before the election, joining Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski came out Friday against calling witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, all but assuring the Senate will move to wrap up proceedings with a likely acquittal in a matter of days, if not hours.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett won crucial backing Saturday when one of the last Republican holdouts against filling the seat during an election...
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Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), the lone Democrat who will vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, was confronted by angry protesters outside his office after announcing his position. Manchin’s answers to reporters justifying his position were drowned out by a group of women protesters chanting at him “Look at us!” and “shame!” WATCH: Sen. Joe Manchin speaks…
The news comes a few days before the Supreme Court nominee's scheduled testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee in response to a previous allegation of sexual assault.
Maine GOP Senator Susan Collins plans not to support a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage to 10.10 an hour.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., held a joint press conference on Sunday regarding the Supreme Court vacancy left behind by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and urged the country to pressure Republcians into delaying President Trump's potential nominees, until after the November election.
