Republicans to push ahead with U.S. Supreme Court pick despite Democrats' boycott


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  • Thursday, 22 Oct 2020

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States, poses for a photo before a meeting with Sen. Jim Inhofe, (R-Okla) on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S. October 21, 2020. Anna Moneymaker/Pool via REUTERS

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans pledged to go ahead with a vote on Thursday on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, despite Judiciary Committee Democrats pledging to boycott a proceeding that they called "a sham."

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said in a statement on Wednesday that "Judge Barrett deserves a vote and she will receive a vote."

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