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'We Can't Stop The Outcome,' No. 2 Senate Democrat Says Of Barrett Confirmation

President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court dominated the Sunday political shows, with Democrats accusing Republican senators of hypocrisy.
Illinois Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin speaks during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Sept. 16.

The second-highest ranking Senate Democrat conceded Sunday that his side can't halt Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the nation's high court.

President Trump on Saturday nominated the 48-year-old Barrett to fill the vacancy left by the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

"We can slow it down, perhaps a matter of hours, maybe days at the most. But we can't stop the outcome,".

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