 WASHINGTON AP - Despite a Democratic boycott, Republicans are powering ahead to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court by Election Day with the Senate Judiciary Committee set to recommend President Donald Trumps nominee to the full Senate. Never before has the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court pick so close to a presidential election. Thursdays Judiciary Committee vote is expected to launch a rare weekend Senate session to push Barretts nomination forward, as millions of Americans are casting early ballots. Senate Democrats are planning to boycott Thursdays meeting. But the Republican majority is prepared to vote swiftly, changing the panels rules if necessary, to ensure Trumps choice to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on track. Judge Barrett deserves a vote and she will receive a vote, said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the committee chairman, in a statement. Barrett deserves to be on the Supreme Court and she will be confirmed. Trumps Republican allies in the Senate are counting on the 48-year-old federal judges ascent to the high court to improve their standing with voters, as they lock a 6-3 conservative majority on the court for the foreseeable future. The court could open a new era of rulings on the Affordable Care Act, abortion access and even the results of the presidential election. A final Senate confirmation vote on Barrett is expected Monday. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced the planned boycott in a speech late Wednesday on the Senate floor. We should not be moving forward on this nomination, Schumer said, calling Barretts views so far out of the mainstream. Unable stop the confirmation, Democrats have been trying unsuccessfully to stall the process until after the Nov. 3... 