[ScottinVA]

What Grassley is trying to do is nail down the last few GOP votes. He gets one shot at a committee vote. If that fails, Kavanaugh’s nomination ends.

[ought-six]

“What Grassley is trying to do is nail down the last few GOP votes. He gets one shot at a committee vote. If that fails, Kavanaugh’s nomination ends.”

That’s not true. The nomination can still be sent to the full senate for an up-or-down vote, just without a recommendation from the committee.

[Principled]

Not so.

There can still be a vote if the commitee fails to recommend.

The committee can recommend, recommend against, or send no recommendation... in all three cases, a vote still takes place. Thomas was confirmed after the committee sent no recommendation...

[fatima]

Do we have a head count on votes?