Confirmation Floor Vote

The death of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg less than two months from the presidential election has forced a reexamination of republicans 11 month blockade of merrick garland in 2016.

Confirmation floor vote. 2 that committee can then hold hearings vote to move the nomination straight to the senate floor for a vote or not move on it at all in which case the committee effectually kills the nomination. As of now that. Top senate republicans applauded president donald trump s nomination of amy coney barrett to become the next supreme court justice and called for a quick confirmation vote while democrats slammed. There aren t many options available to keep this from happening.

Senate gop leaders are eager to hold a pre election vote on trump s yet to be named nominee. Provided republicans can keep things on track in both committee in the floor that would mean a floor vote the week before the nov. The senate judiciary committee reportedly plans to move forward with confirmation hearings on oct. Democrats best chance to block the barrett confirmation will occur with procedural maneuvers on the senate floor after the senate judiciary committee votes on her nomination.

A floor vote on barrett s confirmation would likely happen shortly thereafter assuming everything goes as planned for republicans it didn t with justice brett kavanaugh s confirmation in 2018. 12 and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky said earlier this week that he will hold a floor vote for the nominee before the election. The hearings are expected to last four days.