September 18, 2020 Biden says the next person elected president should choose Ginsburg’s replacement Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says the winner of November's presidential election should be the person to nominate a successor to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Friday.
September 18, 2020 Brit Hume warns of 'brutal and divisive' confirmation battle over Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement Senate Republicans should think long and hard about moving forward with confirming a replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with the country deeply divided ahead of the November election, Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ senior political analyst Brit Hume said Friday.
September 18, 2020 Bret Baier: Picking Ruth Bader Ginsburg replacement will be 'major part of this election' The timing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death "is truly remarkable," coming a little more than six weeks before the presidential election, Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ chief political anchor and "Special Report" host Bret Baier told "The Story" Friday.Â
September 18, 2020 Ginsburg's last wish was to 'not be replaced until a new president is installed': report The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her granddaughter that her dying wish was not to be replaced until a new president is sworn into office, NPR reports.Â
September 18, 2020 What Mitch McConnell did in the immediate aftermath of Justice Scalia's death McConnell immediately said he would hold Scalia's seat after his death in 2016
September 18, 2020 McConnell: Trump's Supreme Court nominee 'will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate' Senate Republicans have signaled that they would likely fill a vacancy to the Supreme Court ahead of the presidential election, but it is unclear whether the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will change their stance.
September 18, 2020 McConnell refocuses on Trump's judicial nominees as coronavirus talks stall Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has turned the Senate's gaze to confirming judicial nominees as talks about a fifth coronavirus stimulus package have stalled.
September 17, 2020 Democrat-led marijuana bill spins out of control as election looms The momentum for Democrats' marijuana bill has stalled amidst testy negotiations over the next coronavirus pandemic stimulus package and continuous partisan bickering.Â
September 15, 2020 McConnell warns Dems would 'run roughshod' over country by changing Senate rules Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned on Tuesday that if the Democrats win the Senate in November that they will change the rules of the chamber so that they can "run roughshod over the country" -- stark comments that came on the same day multiple Republican senators opined on protecting Senate norms.
September 15, 2020 Bipartisan lawmakers offer coronavirus relief solution in effort to break logjam A bipartisan group of House lawmakers Tuesday unveiled a compromise coronavirus package that worked out some of the thorniest divisions between Democrats and Republicans in an effort to jump- start relief to Americans still reeling from the health and economic crisis.Â