Few GOP lawmakers attended the welcome ceremony in the Capitol building for Ginsburg, who will lie in state there; those who did not attend included Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.).
The most senior Republican in Statuary Hall was Minority Whip Steve Scalise (La.), seated next to Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.).
McConnell’s spokesman declined to comment on his whereabouts or schedule. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s spokesman said McConnell and McCarthy were invited.
The top Senate Republican has vowed to go forward with the confirmation of Ginsburg’s replacement, defying the late justice’s dying wish and reversing his stance that a president in his last year in office shouldn’t fill a vacancy on the nation’s highest court.
The most senior Republican in Statuary Hall was Minority Whip Steve Scalise (La.), seated next to Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala D. Harris (Calif.).
McConnell’s spokesman declined to comment on his whereabouts or schedule. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s spokesman said McConnell and McCarthy were invited.
The top Senate Republican has vowed to go forward with the confirmation of Ginsburg’s replacement, defying the late justice’s dying wish and reversing his stance that a president in his last year in office shouldn’t fill a vacancy on the nation’s highest court.