By tomorrow night, we'll have a new member of the United States Supreme Court.

The Republican controlled US Senate on Sunday moved one step closer to the final confirmation vote on President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett.

Just over a week before Election Day, the motion is agreed to the Senate voted 51 to 48 on Sunday.

Toe limit debate on the nomination, readying the final vote that is expected to take place on Monday evening.

It passed with the support of every Republican, but to every Democrat opposed the motion.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell touted Barrett's qualifications for the High Court judge, Amy Coney Barrett of the U.

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Court of Appeals for the seventh Circuit.

There's a stellar nominee in every single respect.

Our intellectual brilliance is unquestioned.

Her command of the law is remarkable.

Her integrity is above reproach.

No nominee to the Supreme Court has ever been confirmed by the Senate this close to a presidential election.

Democrats have called the rush to confirm Barrett so close to an election hypocritical and warned her position on the high court could imperil the landmark healthcare law known as Obamacare US Vice President Mike Pence will likely preside over Monday's vote, and Democrats expressed concerns after several members of Pence's team tested positive for co vid 19.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer blasted Pence's expected presence during the confirmation vote as indicative of Republican priorities.

And nothing could be a more apt metaphor for what's going on here.

The Republican Party is willing to ignore the pandemic to rush the Supreme Court nomination forward and the vice president after being potentially exposed to Cove it will preside.

Trump has said he believes the Supreme Court will decide the election's outcome and has made clear he wants Barrett on the bench for any election related cases.

Barrett is also likely to participate in the November 10th Orel arguments, in which Trump and fellow Republicans are asking the court to strike down the Affordable Care Act Ah, favorite of Christian conservatives.