Live updates: Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance Amy Coney Barrett nomination despite Dem boycott

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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Commitee seemed unfazed by reports that their Democratic colleagues may skip Thursday’s vote to move Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination forward for a full Senate vote. 

"We’ll vote the nominee out,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican and Judiciary chairman, told reporters when asked about a possible Democratic boycott. 

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday a full Senate vote on Barrett's confirmation was being scheduled for next Monday. 

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