Sunday, October 25, 2020

10:59 p.m. Senator Warren spoke against the Barrett nomination.

10:27 p.m. Senator Klobuchar spoke against the Barrett nomination.

9:47 p.m. Senator King spoke against the Barrett nomination.

9:32 p.m. Senator Menendez spoke against the Barrett nomination.

8:34 p.m. Senator Merkley spoke against the Barrett nomination.

8:03 p.m. Senator Bennet spoke briefly on Colorado wildfires before speaking against the Barrett nomination.

7:26 p.m. Senator Reed spoke against the Barrett nomination.

7:09 p.m. Senator Hirono spoke about Patsy Mink and against the Barrett nomination.

7:08 p.m. DL Schumer yielded 1 hour to Senator Murphy.

6:20 p.m. Senator Blackburn spoke supporting the Barrett nomination.

5:56 p.m. Senator Cantwell spoke against the Barrett nomination.

5:22 p.m. Senator Carper spoke about the Supreme Court nomination process and against the Barrett nomination.

4:51 p.m. Senator Portman spoke supporting the Barrett nomination. Senator Portman also spoke on the pandemic.

4:35 p.m. Senator Collins spoke supporting the Barrett nomination.

4:28 p.m. Senators Boozman and Cotton spoke about the death of Pinebluff police detective Kevin Collins.

4:10 p.m. Senator Inhofe spoke about the shooting of Tulsa police officer Zark and Sgt. Johnson. Senator Inhofe also spoke supporting the Barrett nomination.

3:55 p.m. Senator Stabenow spoke against the Barrett nomination.

3:36 p.m. Senator Cornyn spoke supporting the Barrett nomination.

3:21 p.m. Senator Leahy spoke against the Barrett nomination.

3:06 p.m. Senator Kennedy spoke supporting the Barrett nomination.

2:59 p.m. Senator Gardner spoke about the recent devastating wildfires in Colorado.

2:30 p.m. Senator Durbin spoke about spiking Coronavirus numbers in the state of Illinois and against the Barrett nomination.

2:07 p.m. Senator Feinstein spoke against the Barrett nomination.

1:59 p.m. Senator Thune spoke about previous Supreme Court nominations and supporting the Barrett nomination.

1:41 p.m. DL Schumer spoke about Republican Coronavirus cases during consideration of the Barrett nomination and also spoke against the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

1:26 p.m. ML McConnell spoke supporting the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett.

1:25 p.m. The Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by a tally of 51-48.

Senators Collins and Murkowski joined 44 Democrats and 2 Independents voting no.

Senator Harris did not vote.

1:03 p.m. A quorum was established. The Senate began a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #890 Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

12:00 p.m. The Senate convened.

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The Senate will convene at 12:00 p.m. and resume consideration of the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

At approximately 12:45 p.m., the Senate will begin a live quorum. Once a quorum is established, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Barrett nomination.

If cloture is invoked on the Barrett nomination, there will be up to thirty hours of debate prior to a vote on confirmation, which is expected on Monday evening, October 26.

Other votes are also possible.