WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the Senate will vote Oct. 26 to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, to the Supreme Court, according to FOX News.McConnell said earlier Tuesday that he will begin the process as soon as the Senate Judiciary Committee wraps up its work Thursday.
With a 53-47 Republican majority, and just two GOP senators opposed, Barrett is on the way to confirmation that will seal a conservative hold on the court for years to come.The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to meet Thursday to vote on recommending Barrett's nomination to the full Senate.