By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate as Republicans powered past Democrats' boycott of the session. Democratic senators refused to show up in protest of the GOP's rush to install President Donald Trump's nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Never has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court nominee so close to a presidential election. The Republicans, who hold the majority, voted in favor of Barrett, a conservative judge. Senators plan to convene a rare […]

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