Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine says she’ll meet next week with President Obama’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Collins announced that she will meet with Merrick Garland on Tuesday.

Unlike most of her Republican colleagues, Collins has said that the Senate should follow the “normal process” including face-to-face meetings and a Judiciary Committee hearing.

Most Republicans, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, say the late Justice Antonin Scalia won’t be replaced until the next president names a nominee.

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