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September 28, 2020

Trey Gowdy blasts Senate Dems over 'incredibly disrespectful' treatment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett

Senate Democrats who have already vowed not to meet with Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett ahead of her confirmation hearing next month are being "incredibly disrespectful," former House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy told “The Daily Briefing” Monday.

September 28, 2020

Sen. Rick Scott introduces bill requiring mail-in ballots be counted within 24 hours of Election Day

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced legislation last week to establish federal standards regarding the counting of ballots, ahead of the upcoming presidential election between Democratic nominee Joe Biden and President Trump. 

September 28, 2020

Pa. Republicans ask Supreme Court to stay ruling that allows state to accept ballots 3 days after election

Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman and Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati on Monday filed an emergency request for a stay to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to put the brakes on a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that pushed back the deadline for the state to receive mail-in ballots to three days after the presidential election.

September 28, 2020

Louisiana Dem rep says she's embarrassed to be a White woman, gets trolled online

A Democratic Louisiana lawmaker is getting some flak on social media after tweeting how “shameful” and “embarrassing” it is to be a white woman.

September 28, 2020

Liberal women’s groups slam Amy Coney Barrett, claim she will ‘turn back the clock on equality’

Groups like Planned Parenthood are pulling no punches when going after Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.

September 28, 2020

HBO’s John Oliver: Amy Coney Barrett nomination a ‘f---ing travesty,’ liberals lost generational battle

HBO’s John Oliver called President Trump nominating Amy Coney Barrett a “f-----g travesty” because the Supreme Court “is about to lurch to the right for the foreseeable future” during a lengthy rant on Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight.”  

September 28, 2020

Sen. Chris Coons: Don't fill Supreme Court seat left vacant by Ginsburg until 2021 -- protect our institutions

This is about protecting the process of how Supreme Court justices are nominated, considered, and confirmed.

September 28, 2020

Republicans eye Amy Coney Barrett Senate floor vote at end of October, just days before election

Republicans' timeline for Barrett's confirmation would be significantly faster than most modern Supreme Court confirmations.

September 28, 2020

Biden again dodges question on expanding Supreme Court after Trump nominates Barrett

The former vice president told reporters that he did not want to discuss whether or not he backed adding more justices to the high court if he won the Nov. 3 election. 

September 28, 2020

CBS News contributor roasted for suggesting some White parents adopt Black children to use as ‘props’

CBS News contributor and author Ibram X. Kendi came under fire and was labeled a “racist” on Saturday for equating Amy Coney Barrett to “White colonizers” because she has two Black adopted children from Haiti.