WASHINGTON – Republican senators weighing what to do about the vacancy on the Supreme Court are facing questions about their own past comments amid complaints by Democrats that their views have shifted with changing political reality.President Donald Trump has urged the GOP-run Senate to consider “without delay” his upcoming nomination to fill the seat vacated by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday.

The move comes just six weeks before the election.A look at what key Republican senators were saying in the past — and what they are saying now — about filling a seat on the Supreme Court during an election year.

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Trump met with boos, chants of ‘Vote him out!’ by crowds at RBG memorial

U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, were greeted by the sound of booing and chants of “vote him out” by the crowd gathered outside the Supreme Court, where the body of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been lying in repose.

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President Trump asks Supreme Court for fast action in census case ahead of January deadline

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for fast action on its effort, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets.In court papers filed Tuesday, the administration suggested the court hear arguments in the case in December, potentially with a new justice appointed by President Donald Trump in place.

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Crowd jeers as Trump pays respects at court to Ginsburg

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was booed Thursday as he paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He plans to nominate a replacement this weekend for the liberal justice, best known for her advancement of women’s rights.

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President Trump pays respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump pay their respects to Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped casket on the Lincoln catafalque on the west front of the U.S.

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Trump pays respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump paid respects to late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Thursday morning, just two days before he announces his nominee to replace her on the high court. The president and first lady Melania Trump — both wearing masks — stood silently at the top of the steps of the court and looked down at Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin, surrounded by white flowers.

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Demonstrators gather outside home of Mitch McConnell over efforts to fill Supreme Court seat

WASHINGTON - Demonstrators gathered outside of Mitch McConnell's house in Washington, D.C. Thursday after the Senate Majority Leader said he will press to confirm President Trump's Supreme Court nominee to fill the opening following the death of justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Demonstrators gathered outside of Mitch McConnell's house in Washington, D.C.

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GOP senators see political, principle gain in court fight

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump marveled at a rally this week about how important Supreme Court nominations are to voters. But Senate Republicans are with the voters on that.

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Trump tightens Cuba sanctions as he woos Cuban-American vote

WASHINGTON – Americans won't be allowed to bring home cigars and rum from Cuba under measures President Donald Trump announced Wednesday to financially starve the island's government, a move taken as he tries to boost his appeal among Cuban-Americans, a crucial voting bloc in the battleground state of Florida.The action comes as the Republican president reaffirmed his administration's “ironclad solidarity” with the Cuban people, whose descendants in the U.S. often vote for the GOP.

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'Rock star' appeals judge Allison Rushing in high court mix

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GOP-led Senate committees issue report on Bidens, Ukraine

WASHINGTON – Two Republican-led Senate committees issued a politically charged report Wednesday on the work Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's son did in Ukraine. Biden’s campaign immediately panned the report, released six weeks before the election, as an effort by an ally of President Donald Trump to damage his election opponent.Trump has repeatedly drawn attention to the issue even as his own administration has warned of a concerted Russian effort to denigrate Biden and asserted that a Ukrainian lawmaker who is involved in spreading anti-Biden claims is an “active Russian agent."Republican Sen.

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Not so hush-hush search: Trump airs thinking on court seat

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama spent hours reading legal briefs as he mulled candidates for the Supreme Court. Bill Clinton savored building a personal connection with Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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Senate GOP plans vote on Trump's court pick before election

WASHINGTON – Votes in hand, Senate Republicans are charging ahead with plans to confirm President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat before the Nov. 3 election, launching a divisive fight over Democratic objections before a nominee is even announced.Trump said Tuesday he will name his choice Saturday, confident of support.

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Frenemies: Romney, GOP reunite on plan for Ginsburg seat

WASHINGTON – Sen. Mitt Romney is having a homecoming moment.The Utah Republican and 2012 GOP presidential nominee incensed President Donald Trump and Republicans with his impeachment vote.

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Federal judge declines to stay ruling on Pennsylvania crowd size

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Office of Gov. Tom Wolf)PITTSBURGH, Pa. (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday declined to stay his own ruling that Gov.

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Court, COVID, race are topics for first Trump-Biden debate

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'Justice Joan' Larsen emerges as finalist for Supreme Court

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Trump asks Supreme Court for fast action in census case

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court for fast action on its effort, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people in the U.S. illegally from the numbers used to determine how many congressional seats each state gets.In court papers filed Tuesday, the administration suggested the court hear arguments in the case in December, potentially with a new justice appointed by President Donald Trump in place.

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Toomey supports Senate voting on Trump high court nominee

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Romney OKs voting on court nominee, all but assures approval

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Trump discusses expected female Supreme Court nominee, civil unrest in exclusive FOX TV Stations interview

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Tuesday discussed his expected female Supreme Court nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with FOX TV Stations — covering topics from his COVID-19 response and campaign rallies amid the pandemic to civil unrest across the country.“I would say I’m very close to making a decision in my own mind, and I will reveal that on Saturday,” Trump said. The president added that he would delay announcing his pick until the weekend out of respect for Ginsburg, who will lie in repose at the Supreme Court this week.Ginsburg died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer at age 87.Just prior to the interview, Republican Sen.

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Trump to announce Supreme Court pick on Saturday, Romney signals he’ll support a vote

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio on Sept. 21, 2020.

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House to vote on temporary funding bill to avert shutdown

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Bloomberg raises millions to help Florida felons vote

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Who's a hypocrite? GOP, Dems debate past comments on court

WASHINGTON – The “H” word — hypocrisy — is suddenly in vogue at the Capitol as lawmakers debate how quickly to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court following the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed that President Donald Trump’s as-yet unnamed nominee will receive a vote on the Senate floor “this year," but has been careful not to say exactly when that will happen.Democrats accuse the Kentucky Republican of blatant hypocrisy after McConnell refused to consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Merrick Garland, eight months before the 2016 election.Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor Monday to remind McConnell of his own words hours after

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Judge Amy Coney Barrett emerges as Supreme Court favorite, Trump to announce pick by weekend

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump met Monday with Judge Amy Coney Barrett at the White House as the conservative jurist emerged as a favorite to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, the start of a monumental Senate confirmation fight over objections from Democrats it’s too close to the November election.Trump said he expects to announce his pick by week’s end, before the burial of Ginsburg, the court's liberal icon, at Arlington National Cemetery.The president told reporters he was still going to be interviewing other candidates and might meet with Judge Barbara Lagoa when he travels to Florida later this week.

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Cuban-American judge from Florida on Trump high court list

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The Latest: Trump says he's narrowed court list to 4 or 5

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Trump: Court finalists at 4 or 5, announcement by week's end

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Pressure mounts on GOP senators over filling Ginsburg seat

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Biden to focus on health care in Supreme Court debate

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The Latest: Murkowski won't back court vote before election

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Sen. Graham's challenge: Fill a court seat and save his own

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GOP hopeful Supreme Court battle will help shift election

WASHINGTON – Four years ago, the allure of conservative Supreme Court appointments helped persuade skeptical Republicans to support Donald Trump for president. Two years ago, a contentious clash over Trump's choice of Brett Kavanaugh for the court was credited with bolstering GOP gains in the Senate in an otherwise bad midterm election.And now, just 44 days before Trump's reelection will be decided, Republicans are again looking to a Supreme Court nomination fight to unite a deeply fractured party as it faces the very real possibility of losing the White House and control of the Senate this fall.

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Trump says Supreme Court Justice nominee “most likely” will be a woman

U.S. President Donald Trump said that his Supreme Court Justice nominee will be “most likely a woman” after Justice Ruth Ginsburg’s death on Friday, adding that the choice of a woman would be “appropriate.”

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Trump says Supreme Court pick will 'most likely' be a woman, announcement could come 'next week'

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - AUGUST 24: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on August 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Arizona Senate race could play crucial role in confirmation

PHOENIX – If Arizona Democrat Mark Kelly wins a seat in the U.S. Senate, he could take office as early as Nov.

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Here are the 20 names President Donald Trump added to his Supreme Court list in 2020

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Sept. 9 announced he had added 20 names to a list of Supreme Court candidates that he's pledged to choose from if he has vacancies to fill.The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at 87 left the nation's highest court with an empty seat on Sept.

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Is 8 enough? Court vacancy could roil possible election case

WASHINGTON – Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death has left the Supreme Court shorthanded during a polarizing presidential campaign in which President Donald Trump has already suggested he may not accept the outcome and the court could be called on to step in and decide the fate of the nation.It's the second time in four years that a justice has died during an election year, though that eight-justice court was not asked to referee any election disputes in 2016. Today, both sides have armies of lawyers ready to take the outcome to court.The Supreme Court’s role, then, could be vital in deciding a contested election, as it was in 2000 when its 5-4 ruling effectively handed the presidential election to Republican George W.

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Trump to Senate: Vote 'without delay' on his SCOTUS pick

US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he arrives for a "Great American Comeback" rally at Bemidji Regional Airport in Bemidji, Minnesota, on September 18, 2020.

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McConnell vows quick vote on next justice; Biden says wait

WASHINGTON – The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just six weeks before the election cast an immediate spotlight on the crucial high court vacancy, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell quickly vowing to bring to a vote whoever President Donald Trump nominates.Democratic nominee Joe Biden vigorously disagreed, declaring that "voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice to consider.”McConnell, who sets the calendar in the U.S. Senate and has made judicial appointments his priority, declared unequivocally in a statement not long after Ginsburg’s death was announced that Trump’s nominee would receive a confirmation vote in the chamber.

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Vote to be held for Trump’s nominee to replace Ginsburg on U.S. Supreme Court: McConnell

Donald Trump’s next nominee to the Supreme Court will get a Senate vote, following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.McConnell’s vow capped off a statement his office released just hours after Ginsburg’s death from pancreatic cancer. It’s due to immediately kick off a bitter political fight over replacing the pioneering justice less than two months before November’s presidential election, and four months before the end of Trump’s first term.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court justice and pioneer for women, dies at 87

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a worldwide icon for gender equality, has died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at the age of 87, the court confirmed Friday.Ginsburg was one of the longest-serving Supreme Court Justices, having been appointed to the bench in 1993 by then-President Bill Clinton. She was only the second woman ever to hold a seat on the country’s highest court.

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Mitch McConnell says Trump Supreme Court nominee will receive vote by full Senate

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement Friday that a Supreme Court nominee by President Donald Trump will receive a vote on the floor of the Senate following news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing.Democratic nominee Joe Biden disagreed in a statement, declaring that "voters should pick the president and the president should pick the justice to consider.”“This was the position that the Republican Senate took in 2016, when there were nearly nine months before the election.

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McConnell pledges to bring Trump's SCOTUS pick up for a vote

WASHINGTON – The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday cast an immediate spotlight on the vacancy on the high court, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowing to bring President Donald Trump’s nominee to a vote with just over six weeks before the election.McConnell, in a statement released just over an hour after Ginsburg’s death was announced, declared unequivocally that Trump’s nominee would receive a vote, even though the Republican-controlled Senate did not give President Barack Obama’s pick a vote in the months ahead of the 2016 election.The death was poised to upend the presidential election, further stirring passions on a deeply divided nation as the campaign pushed into its stretch run.Trump took the

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In N. Carolina Senate race, Tillis calibrates ties to Trump

RALEIGH, N.C. – When President Donald Trump fired up a crowd at a North Carolina airport last week, he gave a shout-out to the home-state senator fighting in his own tough reelection battle that could decide control of the chamber.Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, Trump said, has “been by my side!”But at that moment, Tillis wasn’t.

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Trump says he can talk GOP into going for 'larger' virus aid, including stimulus checks

U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that Republicans should “go for the much higher numbers" in the stalled stimulus negotiations with Democrats.

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Biden to join Senate Democrats online for lunch, questions

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Biden under pressure to unveil list of potential court picks

ATLANTA – Joe Biden is resisting calls from President Donald Trump and even some fellow Democrats to release his list of potential Supreme Court picks seven months after he pledged to name the first Black female justice.Some on the left suggest that outlining potential picks would help Biden build enthusiasm in the final weeks of the campaign, particularly after he already selected California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, making her the first Black woman on a major presidential ticket.

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