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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?The second day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is finished after nearly 12 hours.Watch the second day of the confirmation hearing in the video player above.GOP senators are moving at a breakneck pa
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stanley cup o confirm Barrett ahead of the Nov. 3 election. President Donald Trump nominated her just days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18.Barrett told Senate Judiciary Committee members she could not say whether shed rule to overturn the Affordable Care Act if it came before the court, or what she would do on other major culture-war issues like abortion or same-sex marriage. She said she would first need to read the litigation and confer with her colleagues before she could make any decisions.One of Democrats biggest fears is that Barretts all-but-certain confirmation by the Republican-controlled Senate would create a 6-3 conservative majority on the court that could well overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.She will be questioned again Wednesday.Barrett faced senators ; questions over her approach to health care, legal precedent and even the presidential election during
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WASHINGTON 鈥?Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns for gas-thrifty cars and other conservation programs.The position was outlined in a memo released last month in support of the administration proposal to relax fuel mileage standards. The government released the memo online this month without fanfare.Growth of natural gas and other alternatives to petroleum has reduced the need for imported oil, which in turn affects the need of the nation to conserve energy, the Energy Department said. It also cites the now decade-old fracking revolution that has unlocked U.S. shale oil reser
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