(NPR) McConnell Reiterates Pledge To Vote On Trump's Supreme Court Nominee This Year

McConnell Reiterates Pledge To Vote On Trump's Supreme Court Nominee This Year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., made the case on the Senate floor that voters elected a GOP majority to confirm judicial nominees. This comes after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg opened up a vacancy on the Supreme Court.



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McConnell Reiterates Pledge To Vote On Trump's Supreme Court Nominee This Year

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that voters elected a GOP Senate in 2016 and strengthened it in 2018 because they wanted action on the president's federal judicial nominations.