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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate is targeting 10/28 or 10/29 for the Supreme Court Rapture Vote.
Lisa Desjardins
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BREAKING: SCOTUS SCHEDULE.
Sen. Graham says confirmation hearings in Judiciary Committee will start Oct. 12, in 16 days.
Oct 12: Opening statements.
Oct. 13+14: Questions
Oct. 15: Begin markup, get ready to vote in committee.
9:11 PM · Sep 26, 2020·TweetDeck
Lisa Desjardins
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SO, FOR YOUR CALENDARS:
- Oct. 22: is when Judiciary Committee could vote. (Dems can hold over a nomination one week.)
- Oct. 26: When, the full Senate can start work on the nomination.
- Oct. 28 or 29th: When the full Senate could vote, given Senate procedures.
9:16 PM · Sep 26, 2020·TweetDeck
@LisaDNews
BREAKING: SCOTUS SCHEDULE.
Sen. Graham says confirmation hearings in Judiciary Committee will start Oct. 12, in 16 days.
Oct 12: Opening statements.
Oct. 13+14: Questions
Oct. 15: Begin markup, get ready to vote in committee.
9:11 PM · Sep 26, 2020·TweetDeck
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Lisa Desjardins
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SO, FOR YOUR CALENDARS:
- Oct. 22: is when Judiciary Committee could vote. (Dems can hold over a nomination one week.)
- Oct. 26: When, the full Senate can start work on the nomination.
- Oct. 28 or 29th: When the full Senate could vote, given Senate procedures.
9:16 PM · Sep 26, 2020·TweetDeck
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Senate is targeting 10/28 or 10/29 for the Supreme Court Rapture Vote. (Original Post)
Miles Archer
Sep 2020
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David__77
(23,553 posts)1. I don't see how that will assist Trump.
If anything it seems like it freezes the race to some extent which cannot be helpful.
regnaD kciN
(26,045 posts)5. She'll be able to hear arguments on November 2nd...
...invalidating the extended deadline for Pennsylvania mail-in voting (ballots can be received up to three days after the election, as long as they're postmarked by Election Day), at the point where lots of those ballots will in the mail already and, with SCOTUS overturning the deadline and requiring them to be received by Election Day, will be ruled to have arrived too late to be counted.
BannonsLiver
(16,506 posts)2. The timing is perfect
moose65
(3,169 posts)3. October 12 is Columbus Day
A federal holiday. They shouldnt be in session on that day 🙄
eppur_se_muova
(36,304 posts)4. Halloween falls on a Saturday, so the 31st is out.
Otherwise, that would have been perfect.