Until Murkowski's statement on Saturday, she and Collins were expected to vote against Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court, filling the seat of late Justice. Though Murkowski had said as late as Thursday she opposed the Republican Party's attempt to rush Barrett's confirmation, on the Senate floor Saturday, she announced she had changed her mind.
"I believe that the only way to put us back on the path of appropriate consideration of judicial nominees is to evaluate Judge Barrett as we would want to be judged. On the merits of her qualifications. And we do that when that final questions comes before us. And when it does, I will be a yes," Murkowski said.
"I had hoped that if we were going to be at this moment in time just over a week out from our national elections, that we would be here on the floor debating—debating the merits of a [stimulus] relief bill. And in my home state of Alaska, as in so many states around the country, we're seeing unprecedented numbers [of new coronavirus] cases now," Murkowski continued.Collins' expected"no" vote on the confirmation of Barrett will likely be symbolic.
Sen. Susan Collins is expected to be the only Republican senator to vote against the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court early next week.Collins is one of the most moderate Republicans in the Senate. Earlier this year, the Lugar Center and McCourt School ranked her as the most bipartisan senator for the seventh year in a row.
With her reputation for bipartisanship, Collins has repeatedly sparred with Trump. In August 2016, she said she would not be voting for Trump in the election. She and Murkowski voted against the confirmation of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, and Collins voted against the American Health Care Act, which would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.
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If you let the hot air out of Susan Collins you get Lisa Murkowski.
She had to ask for permission to vote against the nominee. Only to save her senate seat. If they needed her she would vote to confirm. Guaranteed.
No she doesn't. She's lying like always. That vote comes up, you she's voting yes and hopefully that will end her political career.
Don't trust her as far as I can spit. She lies and lies and lies.
What an oddbird.
Did it occur to you that perhaps Senator Lisa Murkowski listened to the input of HER FUCKING CONSTITUENTS who SENT HER TO FUCKING DC when she decided to change her stance? It’s call REPRESENTATION. Oh. And elections have consequences.
Too late.
Trump isn’t supporting Graham either. That’s why Dobbs is attacking Lindsey, trump wants to see him lose! With trump loyalty only works one way.
Until..
The only good thing about trump is everyone finally got a clear view of what assholes ALL REPUBLICANS ARE.
Oh whatever....the weekend isn't over....she'll flip..
she's probably looking for some more cash from trump.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
lisamurkowski so glad to see your word means something. Oh wait, my bad, it doesn’t. You are a sellout.
Is it no for the ethics or no for her hatred of Trump! Hmmm sounds like everything else that's been done, not for the right reasons, but out of spite and acting like petulant children!😡🔥🖕
She’ll change her mind. She always does this shit.
I SAW SHEIKH KHALID MOHAMMED as a Mexican blue eyed man and a huge s of PEDRO storms, an asteroid, earthquake in PEDRO 2 min before on list, MY TIRE WENT FLAT BY NAIL. I was keeping my shoes on due to the flat, looked up Pedro & FOUND shoes when asteroid went by. BUSHS STILL 💣
She is toast
TheWarMonitor Too little, too late!
Watch what they DO, not what they SAY.
So that’s a firm “may be”
Yeah. Sure.
Susan Collins following the people's will is a little late. She flipped too many times. She did nothing while Trump's actions/inaction contributed to 225,000 deaths. She's silent while Trump's herd immunity strategy could result in 2.7 to 5 million deaths. Enough. Vote Gideon.
VIKBataille I live in Maine and Collins not supporting this or Trump will lose her the election. I voted for Susan Collins already and it was after wrestling with that for a year or so since her not making up her mind on the obvious smear of Kavanaugh. She is going to lose her election.
They are doing this so she can win re-election. Alaska is safe. Maine is not.
How many more no votes are needed now?
Because it doesn't matter, she can pretend to be a pro choice moderate. After Kavanaugh, we know she isn't
Let's put an end to all the crazies, out of these deep red gerrymandered districts. Register as a Republican and vote in every primary for moderate Republicans. Once into the general vote the best candidate. Let's take America back from the crazy.
Collins is a firm no because she thinks that is going to help her at the polls. Problem is that we know better and aren’t buying her nonsense anymore.
ONLY because she is terrified she is going home - and she is. Otherwise she would flip with her sister in fraud and lies Murkowski. There is no such thing as a moderate republiklan.
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