Democrats focus on threat to Obamacare at Barrett confirmation hearings
Committee also clashes over the propriety of President Donald Trump’s supreme court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett so close to the November 3 election
12 October 2020 - 20:18
Washington — Democrats attacked the supreme court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett as a move to kill the Affordable Care Act in the middle of a pandemic and sharply shift the court to the right, at a Senate hearing that is all but certain to lead to her confirmation just days before the US election.
Beginning four days of statements and questioning, members of the Senate judiciary committee clashed over the propriety of President Donald Trump’s nomination of Barrett just 38 days before the November 3 election, as well as the impact she would have on a court that would have a 6-3 conservative majority...
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