Senate has more than enough time to confirm Trump Supreme Court nominee, McConnell says

Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell said on Monday that the Senate has more than enough time to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick before the end of the year, or even before Election Day.

"As of today there are 43 days before Nov. 3 and 104 days before the end of this Congress," the Kentucky Republican said on the Senate floor. "The Senate has more than sufficient time to process a nomination. History and precedent make that perfectly clear." A confirmation could secure Trump his third justice on the nine-member panel, solidifying a 6-3 conservative majority, with dramatic implications on issues such as health care, guns, voting rights and the power of government regulators.

McConnell did not pledge to hold a vote before Election Day, though he said it could be done. He did commit to hold a vote by the end of the year. Going back to the 1970s, the average amount of time it takes between a nomination and a final confirmation vote is about 70 days, according to the Congressional Research Service.

McConnell, though, faces unique problems corralling a vote on a nominee before Election Day. Two Republican senators, moderates Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, said over the weekend that they opposed such a plan. With 53 seats in the Senate, McConnell can only afford one more defection.

He will be gone

Once again Moscow Mitch McConnell, you are a hyprocrit who when Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away four years ago, you refused to have a vote on the Senate floor and four years later, you are doing the exact opposite after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Fill that seat Mr. President

So, how come Mitch wasn't able during more than 3 months to get the Economic Stimulus Package solved for thousands of Americans struggling due COVID? Now he's Super Fast to push Trump judge nomination to send up another conservative into Supreme on Election days going on already?

Mitch McConnell said on Monday that the Senate has more than enough time to confirm President orange man’s Supreme Court pick before the end of the year, or even before eating contest Day.

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Thank you Everyone and Mr President, I will never take a knee on The Star Spangled Banner.

The Democrats are engaged in War Games here and need to go to war...

Great to see, a 6-4 Conservative Judges Supreme Court would save America from a disastrous socialist DemocRAT society.

Both Trump and McConnell are worried about losing in November.

Get it done!

36 days to make a decision which will impact Americans’ lives for a quarter century or more. Right Mitch. Too much Kentucky Bourbon this weekend.

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