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| https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-votes-against-supreme-court-nominee-process | Manchin Votes Against Supreme Court Nominee Process | 2020-10-26 | 2020 | 2020-10 | Democrat | House | WV | Joe Manchin | M001183 | www.manchin.senate.gov | legacy | October 26, 2020 Manchin Votes Against Supreme Court Nominee Process Washington, DC U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) released the following statement on his vote against the rushed confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States. Today the Senate took unprecedented action never before seen in the 240 year history of our country, but it didn't have to be this way. Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans chose a dangerous, partisan path to push through the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett eight days before this year's November 3rd election further politicizing the highest court in the land. The facts are clearnever before has the president nominated and the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court justice between July and Election Day in a presidential election year. This degradation of Senate norms and procedures didn't start with the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett and it won't end here. The U.S. Senate is supposed to be the greatest deliberative body in the world and perhaps we used to be. But each time a Senate majority regardless of party changes the rules, we reduce the incentive to work together across party lines. Instead, the partisan governing of the last ten years and the rushed nomination of Judge Barrett only fans the flames of division at a time when Americans are deeply divided. Judge Barrett's nomination and the confirmation process are far from business as usual. I cannot support the nomination of Judge Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States on the eve of a Presidential election. It is simple - this nomination should have waited until after the election. Print Email Tweet Next Article Previous Article | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |