Stay safe wait for you for a few minutes to let us know what your top issue is. We will talk about matters of the supremeof court. Amy Coney Barrett had her hearings last week. That process resumes this week. Senior reporter from the hill. Good morning. Thanks for joining us. Guest good morning. Host walk us through the next steps. Whats going on behind the scenes as the week starts off . Next steps are october 22, there will be of vote in committee on her nomination. Shes expected to get every single republican vote. Isry single democrat expected to vote against her. Is goingonnell says he to take up her nomination on the floor friday. What that means is he is going to file cloture. The expectation is there would be a procedural vote. Intervening day for the vote. If mcconnell could speed things up by keeping the senate over the weekend, the expectation is he files on friday. On tuesday. The final up or down vote will be wednesday. Senators 30ive hours of debate to talk about the nomi
Discusses the 2020 campaign. We take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. Its the washington journal. President trump is in arizona and joe biden is in ohio. Senator harris returns to the campaign trail in floor. Early voting begins in that state. Vice president pence is in pennsylvania. He will also go to maine. Devoted to youis telling us about your top issues heading into election day. What is it . Perhaps its the pandemic. Maybe there are other topics. This is how you can let us know. If you support joe biden. 202 7488001 if you support President Trump. If you are undecided, 202 7488002. You can text us. You can post on our facebook. The Gallup Organization pulled republican men and women what their top issues were. Gauging that and response, when it comes to matters of the economy, 48 of republican men and 49 of republican women say the economy versus 38 of democratic men. When it comes to the coronavi
Of the president s choice or at least his nominee to head the supreme court, Amy Coney Barrett who had her confirmation hearinglast week and that process resumed this week and to highlight that for us Alexander Bolton of the hill who serves as Senior Reporter for that publication. Thanksfor joining us. Good morning. Walk us throughthe next steps and whats going on behind the scenes as this week starts off . The next steps are on october 22 which is thursday. Theres going to be a vote on barretts nomination. Shes expected to get every single republican vote on the Judiciary Committee and every stdemocrat is expected to vote against her and then Mitch Mcconnell says hes going to take up her nomination on the floor friday, october 23 so what that means is hes going to file cloture on her so the expectation then is there would be a procedural vote on advancing the nomination on the floor, a cloture vote on tuesday. You need an intervening day between when cloture is invoked but when its fi
30 hours to talk about a nomination. And then it is in the books. Host so whats them for the democrats involved in this process . What is the strategy of the speed going into next . Guest this not a lot they can do. Grandma slapped in the vote for the 22nd. Typically what happens is democrats on the committee hold over a nomination for an extra week. But that is not going too happen. Graham has locked the vote for the 22nd. There is really nothing they can do. They can try boycotting the meeting on the 22nd. But the republicans say theyre going to rewrite the rules. Theres a corm rule in the committee you need to have minority members present to vote on something. If the democrats skip to deprive the republicans of that corm does not make a difference. Theyll vote on a new set of rules. That is something that ted cruz member of the Judiciary Committee has said to keep in contact with Lindsey Graham theyre going to do whatever it takes to get this nomination moving. Some democrats have
The Senate Returns today and they vote later on a house passed resolution disapproving a new federal rule revising oversight oflow income banking services. Later in the week , a vote on a gop backed coronavirus Economic Relief bill. They will also take up the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. Live now to the senate floor on cspan2. In the law and the prophets. We praise you for this profound maxim to guide our ethical conduct. May it provide our lawmakers with wisdom to make sound decisions and strength to walk in the way of justice and freedom for all. We pray in your wonderful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the president pro tempore. Mr. Grassley one minute for morning business, please. Th