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Vice President Mike Pence listens during the vice presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, at Kingsbury Hall on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Health policy specialists are questioning Pence’s claim that federal rules on essential workers allow him to continue to campaign and not quarantine himself after exposure to multiple close staffers with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, file)

Mike Pence won’t preside over Amy Coney Barrett confirmation vote

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, pays respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Senate votes to advance Barrett; confirmation expected Mon

By LISA MASCARO - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives as Republicans work during a rare weekend session to advance the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Amy Coney Barrett sent to Senate, confirmation likely Monday

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, pays respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court building on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)

Murkowski says she’ll vote ‘yes’ on Judge Barrett’s confirmation

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives for a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. McConnell says there’s nothing the public needs to know about his health after photos showed what appears to be bruising on his hands and around his mouth. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Murkowski’s nod gives Barrett extra boost for Supreme Court

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee hold a news conference after boycotting the vote by the Republican-led panel to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to sit on the Supreme Court, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats demand COVID relief be priority, not Supreme Court confirmation

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate starts debate on Amy Coney Barrett; Supreme Court confirmation vote expected Monday

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, meets with Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Judiciary Committee votes to move Amy Coney Barrett forward for confirmation

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this May 27, 2020 file photo, a worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election in Doylestown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File) **FILE**

Democrats: Justices’ 4-4 tie in election case ominous sign

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, questions witnesses during a Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Hearing on the federal government response to COVID-19 on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Washington. (Alex Edelman/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

Conservative Alaskans pressuring Lisa Murkowski to confirm Amy Coney Barrett

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett listens during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of a private Christian school that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain openly gay and lesbian teachers weren’t welcome in the classroom. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018, file photo, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., left, and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., confer with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., seated, as Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee appeal to Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to delay the confirmation hearing of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Senate Democrats to boycott committee vote for Amy Coney Barrett

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, arrives for closed meetings with senators, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats to boycott Barrett vote, Senate GOP pushes ahead

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK - Associated Press

Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett rally outside the Supreme Court building during the Women's March in Washington, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Amy Coney Barrett should be confirmed to Supreme Court, majority of Americans say: Poll

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

The rising sun shines over the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday morning, May 11, 2020. (AP Photos/Mark Sherman)

Democrats blast 4-4 Supreme Court on Pennsylvania mail-in ballot dispute

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Activists opposed to the confirmation of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, are dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale," at the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

‘Handmaid’ leftist activists protest Barrett nomination while supporting socialist subservience

By Christine Czernejewski

In this file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, in Janesville, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis) **FILE**

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s falsehoods on virus, taxes and Bidens

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD and JOSH BOAK - Associated Press

In this Oct. 1, 2020, photo, Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, meets with Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., at the Capitol in Washington. Confirmation hearings begin Monday for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. If confirmed, the 48-year-old appeals court judge would fill the seat of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

Will ‘Justice’ Barrett ride to the rescue of the McCloskeys and the Second Amendment?

By Brian McNicoll

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Democrats say Amy Coney Barrett is bad for seniors

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., hugs Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., at the close of the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Samuel Corum/Pool via AP)

Dianne Feinstein hug of Lindsey Graham angers liberals

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times