KING: Republican leaders in the senate are fast tracking the Supreme Court nomination process for President Trump's nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett. GOP setting an ambitious calendar that an effort to get the president's picked in place before the election and before possibly Republicans loses the White House and the Senate. CNN's Phil Mattingly up on Capitol Hill for this one. It is an ambitious timetable Phil, and it is set by political realities.</s>PHIL MATTINGLY, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes. Look, I think this is a little bit of a simplification of things John, but I think you know this well. And that is, if you have the votes you can pretty much move as fast as you want on just about anything in the United States Senate. And that's what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham has made clear, they are going to do. They have heard from the White House, the White House wants this nominee confirmed before the election, so do many rank and file Republicans, and therefore they are kicking this into high gear and they're doing it quickly. In fact, the confirmation hearings have already been set, they will start on October 12th, they will go four days, the main question and answer period will be on the 13th and the 14th. And by the 15th John, the Committee will start the process of actually considering the vote for that nominee. Now that will be held over a week so the expectation right now is Amy Coney Barrett's nomination will be out of the Judiciary Committee by October 22. Setting up a floor vote the week after, that is the week before the election, with all signs right now pointing to at least according to Republicans that I'm speaking to, she will be confirmed during that week. And I think one thing to keep in mind here a lot of people is wondering OK, how could this move so quickly? How when you looked at past Supreme Court nominees? Do they already have the votes lined up?
Republicans Set Ambitious Schedule For SCOTUS Conformation.