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U.S. senators were sent a letter on behalf of 550 former abortion workers in support of Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) says the late United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was “far more forthcoming” than 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett during a hearing on Tuesday. 

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) told Breitbart News Democrats are “resigned” to Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s expected confirmation to the Supreme Court.

In an effort to show her opposition towards the nominee, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) cited letters from Planned Parenthood and the NAACP during Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) noted when he had the opportunity to question Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett that the desk where she sat on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee was virtually empty.

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett said her commitment to the rule of law is separate from her devotion to her faith and family.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she could not comment on pending cases before the Supreme Court in Obamacare or voter fraud because doing so would make her a “legal pundit.”

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) slammed Democrat colleagues during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing of Judge Amy Coney Barrett for characterizing her as on a “mission from God” to deny people with preexisting conditions healthcare coverage.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said Monday that, while Democrats appear to want to make Obamacare and pre-existing conditions a focus of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the reality is that “every single member of the Senate agrees that pre-existing conditions can and should be protected.”

Mike Pence’s chief of staff and the president of Catholic Vote warned against potential Democrat anti-Catholic bias during Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will start nomination hearings for the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

Kamala Harris attacked one of President Donald Trump’s Catholic court nominees because he was a member of the Knights of Columbus.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee will begin on October 12, with the room set up for

Freedom Works held a press conference on Monday to call on the Senate to quickly confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.

Senate Republicans will press forward with the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett despite the recent outbreak of coronavirus among some Republican senators.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said Monday that he will do what it takes to return to the Senate to vote for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination, suggesting he will even “go in a moon suit” if he is still testing positive.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) will almost certainly face questions — from the moderator, or from Vice President Mike Pence — during Tuesday’s vice presidential debate about her position on the future of the Supreme Court.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Friday evening that he has tested positive for the Chinese coronavirus.

Former FBI Director James Comey told a Senate panel Wednesday that he would not have approved the federal surveillance warrant for former Trump campaign aide Carter Page had he known of the information withheld by some agents.

Comey is testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the FBI’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russian collusion.

Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have offered high praise to President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, describing her as a “legal trailblazer” and “committed constitutionalist” who stands as a “problem to rabid partisans, and an ally to the rule of law.”

“I am confident that we will have a peaceful transfer of power in January 2025 when Donald Trump finishes his second term,” Tom Cotton said.

Supreme Court Justices do not choose their replacements, noted Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), author of The Mind of a Conservative Woman: Seeking the Best for Family and Country, remarking on the vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a Wednesday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) stated that Senate Republicans have “the votes to confirm Justice Ginsburg’s replacement before the election.”

Activists with the far-left groups ShutDown DC and the Sunrise Movement gathered early Monday morning at Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) Washington, D.C., residence demanding that President Donald Trump and the Senate not try to fill the Supreme Court seat of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after the presidential election.

Sen. Susan Collins said the Senate should wait until after the November election to vote on the nominee, while adding she has “no objection” to the Senate Judiciary Committee starting the process.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that he is supporting President Donald Trump “in any effort to move forward” concerning the vacancy left by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) announced that former FBI Director James Comey has agreed to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee and his appearance will take place on September

Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) walked out of a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday and refused to condemn Antifa — as did the other seven Senate Democrats who had spoken.

Acting Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli told the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution on Tuesday violent that rioters in Portland were disguising themselves as members of the press.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Il) crossed party lines on Thursday to back a GOP-led measure that would allow civil suits against the government of the People’s Republic of China over its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Sen. Mike Lee pressed president of the NCAA Mark Emmert about its policy to allow transgender women to compete against biological women.

The Senate Judiciary Committee released a declassified document Friday that shows former FBI agent Peter Strzok knew that a February 2017 article in the New York Times suggesting Russia “collusion” was false in almost every respect.

The Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee voted Wednesday evening to pass an amendment offered by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to rename several U.S. military bases named after Confederate generals.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will condemn the Antifa violence across the country as a terrorist assault on America during a floor speech, Breitbart News has learned exclusively.

On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) stated that “everyone grieves” over the killing of George Floyd and that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on policing, use of force, police-community