While McConnell noted there was time to take up the nomination before the election, he did not say the Senate definitively would vote before Nov. 3.
WASHINGTON – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday said the Senate had more than enough time tobefore the election after Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death on Friday.
The Kentucky Republican outlined the short timeline on which other Supreme Court Justices were confirmed by the body, noting that while there was 43 days until the election,"the Senate has more than sufficient time to process a nomination." "As of today, there are 43 days until November 3 and 104 days until the end of this Congress," McConnell said, noting that Justice John Paul Stevens was approved by the Senate in 19 days after the White House formally received his nomination in 1975 and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's nomination took only 33 days to be approved by the body in 1981.
"Justice Stevens' entire confirmation process could have been played out twice — twice between now and November 3 with time to spare, and Justice Ginsburg herself could have been confirmed twice between now and the end of the year," McConnell said."The Senate has more than sufficient time to process a nomination. History and precedent make that perfectly clear."
All of the nominations listed by McConnell, while they moved quickly, were also bipartisan. All of the nominees were approved nearly unanimously by the Senate – a feat that is nearly impossible in today's deeply partisan U.S. Senate.
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