Democrats Plan To Boycott Senate Committee Vote On Barrett Nomination
Democrats see Mitch McConnell's rush to confirm Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as unprecedented and "outrageous," but they have little power to stop it in a GOP-controlled Senate.
by Nina Totenberg
Oct 21, 2020
2 minutes
Updated at 6:45 p.m. ET
Senate Democrats say they plan to boycott Thursday's scheduled vote on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
"Throughout the hearings last week, committee Democrats demonstrated the damage a Justice Barrett would do â to health care, reproductive freedoms, the ability to vote, and other core rights that Americans cherish," Senate
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