Senate panel sets Oct. 22 vote on Trump court pick despite Democrats’ protests
ANDREW CHUNG, PATRICIA ZENGERLE and LAWRENCE HURLEY THE Republican-led U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled an October 22 vote to advance conservative appellate judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court to the full Senate, moving ahead with the confirmation process over Democratic objections. The fourth and final day of the confirmation hearing for President Donald Trump's nominee wrapped up in the early afternoon after committee Democrats protested what they called the needlessly rushed nature of proceedings and complaining that Barrett sidestepped questions about presidential powers, abortion, climate change, voting rights and Obamacare. "I believe that this rushed, sham…