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Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski Signals She'll Vote Against Confirming Amy Coney Barrett - Newsweek
Oct 22, 2020 45 secs
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski signaled on Thursday that she will vote against confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court next week.

The Alaska lawmaker, who met with the conservative nominee earlier this week, would join the likes of Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the only other Republican who plans to vote against the Trump nominee on Monday.

Despite the resistance from Murkowski and Collins, Republicans still have the necessary votes to confirm Barrett, which is expected to occur around 7 p.m.

Both she and Collins drew the ire of Trump when they came out against his choice to swiftly fill Ginsburg's seat before Election Day.

"I've made very clear, and said months before Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away, that I did not believe that we should be confirming a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year this close to the election, prior to the election," Collins told Newsweek.

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