Pelosi says at presser there are still some outstanding differences on stimulus but “I think we’re just about there” w/ Mnuchin
Pelosi said she'll get a classified briefing from the DNI on election interference - "I'll be very interested to hear what they have to say in a classified briefing"
"I don't know what the DNI is up to with this. Hopefully it is wholesome. That remains to be seen."
Asked about her optimism on a deal, Pelosi says “I do believe that both sides want to reach an agreement. I can’t answer for the disarray from the Senate on the other side.”
One big remaining difference she says, is on education, where both sides have "a different view of how money should be spent"
She says there has not been any agreement yet on state & local funding (Dem priority) or on COVID-19 liability protections (WH/GOP priority)
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Murkowski takes the floor to announce how she'll vote on Barrett - but first starts by criticizing the current state of affairs and expressing concern about how hard Alaska has been hit by COVID
says she regrets how instead of having a COVID relief bill to show to constituents back home, they're here instead debating a SCOTUS nominee
"I personally believe that every nominee for the Supreme Court should receive an up or down vote after they have been passed out" of cmte, she says
but she says the timing of confirmation will "serve to reinforce the public perception about political influence on the court"
Dems had planned to hold a press conference at the same time as the hearing, but Republicans moved so fast, Senate Judiciary finished voting about 45 minutes before Dems' press conference is set to start at 10:15am.
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Graham with a closing message: "elections do have consequences"
"The Democratic Party of 2020 is hell-bent on changing all the rules," he says.
"I am proud to have supported Judge Barrett. I think the people of South Carolina would be very happy to have someone like her on the court judging us all."
ACB markup hearing has now begun with all Dems absent. Graham says he wants to "celebrate the fact" that Barrett will be reported out of the committee "unanimously" today
.@SenTedCruz calls Dems' absence a "stunt to appease the left-wing activist base"
(per Hill pool)
And by a 12-0, unanimous vote, Senate Judiciary reports Barrett's nomination to the full Senate.
Cornyn calls it "surreal" for Dems not to be there
Pelosi, asked by @JeffreyGoldberg at #TheAtlanticFest about impeaching Trump or Barr to slow SCOTUS nomination, says her remarks from the weekend were not in reference to that, but "of course, impeachment is always an arrow in the quiver"
@JeffreyGoldberg A year ago, shortly after speaking at the Atlantic Festival, Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry against Trump.
@JeffreyGoldberg Asked what Dems have left to stop a nomination, Pelosi says her "battlefield" is the "court of public opinion" - where "people really know and care about the Affordable Care Act"