A Heritage Action poll shows that voters in battleground states want the Senate to move forward with confirmation before Election Day. And there is plenty of time to do so, according to historical precedent and the confirmation schedule put forth by the Judiciary Committee. The Committee is set to begin the hearing process on Monday, October 12th, setting up a confirmation vote by the full Senate as early as October 27th. Heritage Action Executive Director Jessica Anderson told The Washington Examiner, “The American people want to move forward with the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. [Our] important polling data will arm senators with the facts they need to confidently vote yes for the president's nominee without delay.”
>>If you have questions about the confirmation process, check out our Frequently Asked Questions here.
There has been an outcry from Democrats against considering Judge Barrett’s nomination before the election, and they have even threatened to pack the court with liberals at their first opportunity if she is confirmed. Our polling shows this threat is unpopular with the American people, with half of voters in battleground states saying they would be less likely to vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden if he wants to pack the court with additional justices – a position he refused to disavow in Tuesday night’s debate.
As Jessica Anderson noted in her post debate opinion piece for CNN, “Biden dodged a question about packing the Supreme Court…[He] cannot answer these questions without alienating the extremists in his party. If he shouts down court-packing, he loses liberals…Biden has nowhere to go, so instead, he stayed silent…”
It is clear the Senate should proceed swiftly according to their Constitutional duty, and we stand ready to ensure Judge Barrett’s confirmation is successful.
>>Take a listen as Janae Stracke, Heritage Action's Grassroots Director, shares why Amy Coney Barrett would make an excellent Supreme Court Justice on One America News Network.
>>Get the resources you need to help confirm Judge Barrett in Heritage Action’s "Confirm Amy" toolkit!
Legislation continues to move through Congress amidst the SCOTUS confirmation fight. This week, the Senate passed and the President signed a continuing resolution to fund the government through December 11.
Due to Heritage Action’s hard work all year, this bill turned out as a win for conservatives. While it was not a perfect bill, we were successful in keeping bad coronavirus spending, expansions of government, and additional programs that are sometimes snuck into continuing resolutions out of the bill. Thank you!
On Thursday, the House passed “The Heroes Act”, a $2.2 trillion attempt by the Left to push their radical agenda during a pandemic and increase the burden on the backs of the American taxpayer. The bill spent nearly half a trillion dollars in bailing out poorly managed state and local government budgets while reauthorizing the harmful $600 per week extra unemployment insurance payment.
Perhaps most telling of where they actually stand, House Democrats used the guise of the pandemic to Defund the Police, stripping $600 million in Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) and redirecting the funds to the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities—liberal pet projects which do nothing to ensure the safety and security of Americans. We key voted against the bill. Every Republican and 18 Democrats voted no. See how your Representative voted on our scorecard.
