Senate Republicans on the Judiciary Committee approved Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Thursday, sending the nomination to the full Senate despite a boycott from Democrats on the committee. In the committee room, Democrats instead put in their chairs large photos of people who benefited from the Affordable Care Act. Barrett’s nomination is expected to move to the full Senate floor as quickly as tomorrow. They say Barrett’s nomination is illegitimate because Republicans are refusing to abide by their promise, and their 2016 precedent, to not confirm a justice in an election year. Democrats’ boycott of the vote threatened to force Republicans to violate the committee’s quorum requirements, which demand that two members of the minority party be present for votes.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 21, 2020 21:48 UTC