Senate Advances Barrett’s Court Nomination to Final Vote
- Mostly party-line vote aims at seating justice before election
- Schumer said Republicans acted using ‘raw political power’
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The U.S. Senate took its second-to-final step toward putting Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court, a move that would seal a 6-3 conservative high-court majority and cap a swift but bitterly partisan confirmation process.
The Senate, on a 51-48 tally on Sunday, advanced Barrett’s nomination toward a final vote to be held on Monday. Barrett was Donald Trump’s choice to replace the liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died of cancer on Sept. 18.