https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/521148-judiciary-committee-to-vote-on-barretts-supreme-court-nomination-next-weekJudiciary Committee sets vote on Barrett's nomination for next weekBY JORDAIN CARNEY - 10/15/20
The panel will vote on Barrett's nomination on Oct. 22 at 1 p.m. under a schedule offered by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
Barrett's nomination was on the Judiciary Committee's agenda for the first time on Thursday morning, but was widely expected to be held until Oct. 22. Under committee rules, any one senator can request that a nomination be delayed a week, and they routinely are.
Graham, with the support of GOP senators, moved to leapfrog a committee rule that requires two members of the minority party to be present before a nomination is formally held over. When Graham called up the vote, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) was the only Democratic member of the panel present. But Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) showed up mid-vote, giving Graham a second Democratic senator.
"It's clear to me from reading in the paper is that what's going to happen is we're going to be denied the ability to operate as normal. ... I know what awaits us," Graham said about his decision.
When Durbin pointed out that he could not bring up the vote to schedule a vote on Barrett's nomination without a second Democratic senator present, Graham replied, "With all due respect, we've had this problem in the past. ... If we create this problem for you in the future, you're going to do what I'm going to do, which is move forward on the business on the committee."
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