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GOP seeks to curtail Senate work, but not Barrett hearings

by Associated Press Writer
| October 3, 2020 10:36 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Saturday sought to call off legislative work in the Senate until Oct. 19 as the coronavirus reached into their ranks. But they vowed that hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee would push ahead as planned.

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