McConnell tees up Barrett nomination, setting up rare weekend session
By Jordain Carney - 10/23/20 01:37 PM EDT
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday teed up Judge Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination, paving the way for a rare weekend session roughly a week before the November election.
McConnell's move sets up a vote to end debate on Barrett's nomination for Sunday, with a final vote to confirm her to the Supreme Court expected by early Monday evening.
The Senate is expected to be in session on both Saturday and Sunday debating Barrett's nomination, though her confirmation is guaranteed absent an unlikely last-minute surprise.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told reporters on Thursday that there were negotiations ongoing between McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) about if senators would have to be physically in the Capitol all weekend, with some senators indicating they wanted to go back to their home states on at least Saturday.
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