(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley wore a face mask patterned after the Iowa flag last (Monday) night as he announced the Senate vote on President Trump’s third nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court

All but one of the Republican Senators who voted for Barrett clapped and cheered the announcement. Grassley is the longest-serving Republican in the U.S. Senate, so he is the Senate President Pro Tempore  and he was the Senate’s presiding officer last (Monday) night.

Vice President Mike Pence was in the presiding officer’s chair to announce Trump nominees Neil Gorsuch and Brent Kavanaugh had been confirmed by the Senate. While Pence has tested negative for Covid, at least five of his staff members, including his chief of staff, have tested positive for the virus and Pence was not on the Senate floor to announce the vote for Barrett.