Senate Judiciary lines up Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett's nomination

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

WASHINGTON _ The Senate Judiciary Committee officially set an Oct. 22 vote on Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court, with Republicans voting to move forward without Democrats on a timeline that could put her on the court by the end of the month.

Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois was the only Democrat who showed up to a committee business meeting Thursday morning to consider the nomination, which under the letter of committee rules meant there were not two members of the minority party to form a quorum to conduct business.

Chairman Lindsey Graham responded with a motion to hold the vote at 1 p.m. on Oct. 22, which Republicans backed. And the South Carolina Republican suggested Democrats would be able to do the same if Republicans tried to stop committee work.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, uses his cell phone on the third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)

"We've had this problem in the past, we're dealing with it the way we are today," Graham said. "If we create this problem for you in the future, you're going to do what I'm going to do, which is move forward on the business of the committee."

After that vote, Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal entered the hearing room and made a motion to indefinitely postpone the committee's consideration of Barrett's nomination.

Blumenthal said there has been inadequate time to consider the nomination, and pointed to undisclosed documents in Barrett's past. Graham responded that committee members already know the positions Barrett takes as an individual on issues such as abortion.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

"There's nothing out of the norm here in terms of the time we've given this matter," Graham said. "We've had two days of hearings. Each member had 50 minutes so, with all due respect, we'll call the roll."

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies as her family listens during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

S. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listens as Amy Coney Barrett testifies on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool/Abaca Press/TNS)