Manchin 'anxious' to confirm Breyer's Supreme Court successor
By Jordain Carney - 01/31/22 03:07 PM EST
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) indicated on Monday that he supports moving quickly to confirm a successor for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who is expected to retire over the summer.
"I think that basically, especially if it's somebody who's already been vetted — that we put on one of the benches before, circuit or district — that'll make it go even quicker. But, you know, we just we have to fill the seat ... and I'm anxious to get that done," Manchin told reporters.
Manchin's comments come after Breyer announced last week that he intended to retire, giving Biden his first chance to fill a Supreme Court seat ahead of the midterms, when Democrats could lose control of Congress. Biden has said he intends to nominate someone by the end of the month, which will tee off a frantic fight in the Senate. Democrats are eyeing moving a nomination in the same amount of time it took for Republicans to confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett once Trump announced her nomination: 30 days.
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