Senate Judiciary Commitee Republicans seemed unfazed by reports that their colleagues across the aisle may skip Thursday’s vote to move Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination forward for a full Senate vote. “We’ll vote the nominee out,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican and Judiciary chairman, told reporters when asked about Democratic boycotts. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday a full Senate vote on Barrett's confirmation is expected for Monday. “The idea that the people who would be shredding norms here would be anyone other than Senate Democrats is laughable. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., moved to adjourn the Senate on both Monday and Tuesday, and both days Republicans overruled.

Source: Fox News October 21, 2020 23:25 UTC