Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., has pushed back against a claim by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that there was “no precedent” for confirming a Supreme Court nominee between July and Election Day in a presidential year. “In fact on three separate occasions, a duly elected president appointed and the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court justice in a presidential election year,” Loeffler said in a statement for the record dated Sept. 23. MCCONNELL CALLS AMY CONEY BARRETT 'EXCEPTIONALLY IMPRESSIVE,' SCHUMER WILL 'STRONGLY' OPPOSE NOMINATIONSchumer had posed a parliamentary inquiry on the Senate floor, asking whether there was precedent for confirming a Supreme Court nominee between July and Election Day. Loeffler, presiding in the chair, said at the time that there was no such precedent per Senate records. They cite the Republican refusal in 2016 to consider Merrick Garland -- who was nominated to the court by President Barack Obama.

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