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Mitch McConnell: Brett Kavanaugh Floor Vote This Week
Roll Call ^ | 10-1-18 | Lex Samuels

Posted on 10/01/2018 1:29:01 PM PDT by kingattax

Majority leader again decries Democrats for delay and obstruction

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is insisting the vote on confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court will take place before week’s end.

The Kentucky Republican, speaking on the Senate floor Monday afternoon, said the Democrats chose to hold the allegations against Kavanaugh “in reserve” in order to derail the nomination.

He spoke about how the Democrats who first received the allegations handled them. He specifically mentioned a law firm with “politically connected lawyers” that McConnell says Democrats advised Kavanaugh’s accuser to hire. Those lawyers are set to hold a fundraiser for Democrats this week, McConnell said.

(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 115th; braking; kavanaugh; letsroll; mcconnell
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

The only cost of this is to the Judge’s family. The Demons are being killed by this in the eyes of Fair-minded people.

It is not hurting Republicans who are bending over backwards (giving them more rope)to appear kind-hearted and reasonable.

And now it is before the Senate.


81 posted on 10/01/2018 2:24:16 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Mollypitcher1

I also think McConnell is highly ticked-off because the Democrats keep taking a p*ss on his beloved Senate Procedure and Comity.


82 posted on 10/01/2018 2:24:20 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: arrogantsob

All the negativism around here is revolting and unwarranted.

It depends. I think “don’t trust Flake” is certainly warranted. Even if he says he’s going to vote “yes,” I wouldn’t trust him to do it since he ALREADY said that and stabbed us in the back.


83 posted on 10/01/2018 2:25:34 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: TomGuy

So knowing nothing yet still making a fool of yourself.


84 posted on 10/01/2018 2:26:42 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: scottinoc

Mitch also said the vote would be LAST WEEK. So he didn’t “follow through” on anything, except delay. He ought to have taken it out of subcommittee and brought to a floor vote last week. He’s supposed to run the Senate, and it’s exactly what Harry Reid would have done


85 posted on 10/01/2018 2:30:46 PM PDT by confederatecarpetbag
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To: Chode

YES!!! YES!!! and YES!!!


86 posted on 10/01/2018 2:31:20 PM PDT by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: aspasia

This last minute con disrupted that schedule


87 posted on 10/01/2018 2:31:48 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: aspasia

This last minute con disrupted that schedule


88 posted on 10/01/2018 2:31:49 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: CatOwner

Does he have the numbers


89 posted on 10/01/2018 2:32:15 PM PDT by personalaccts (Is George W going to protect the border?)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

More nonsense.


90 posted on 10/01/2018 2:32:37 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Arm_Bears

Mitch didnt have the votes last week. They had to do the 7th short fbi investigation, knowing more wackos would appear.


91 posted on 10/01/2018 2:33:13 PM PDT by gcparent
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To: kingattax

This looks like good news on the FBI investigation front. It apparently takes three or four days to line things up for the final vote, so Senator McConnell is implying that the FBI investigation is either already completed, or will be done by tomorrow. I suspect he’s already gotten a report that it’s been completed with no findings that would jeopardize Kavanaugh’s confirmation.

We need this vote this month to put the red state Dem Senate candidates on the hot seat. With the Left as riled up as it is today, no way a vote either way gets those senators out of trouble. A vote for Kavanaugh will anger most of the Left, including their own base, and a vote against him will anger the Trump supporters whose votes they need to win in a red state. Putting them in this situation could be good for three or four Senate seats swinging GOP.

And, for the record, McConnell’s been doing a good job on getting judges through. No criticism here, in that regard anyway. He should have dumped the filibuster on legislation though, and long ago. But he did just that on Supreme Court confirmations at least.


92 posted on 10/01/2018 2:34:19 PM PDT by Norseman (Defund the Left....completely!)
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To: kingattax

Mitch McConnell saved our bacon once... maybe he can do it again. He’s in my prayers.


93 posted on 10/01/2018 2:35:03 PM PDT by GOPJ ( <img src=”https://i.imgur.com/li3mn5N.jpg";></img> SUPPORT TRUMP and AMERICA VOTE REPUBLICAN)
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To: kingattax

Sunday Night at 11:59 PM still qualifies as “this week”.

No Weekend Shore Leave permitted for the U.S. Senate.


94 posted on 10/01/2018 2:35:11 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Kill a Commie for your Mommy.)
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To: arrogantsob

Don’t you worry Trump IS making s7re the FBI also investigates the CONSPIRATORS there is NO WAY in hell Trump let’s this stand on Kavanaugh’s reputation!!! DiFi, those attorneys, AND Ford are going to be VERY SORRY they ever asked for an FBI investigation!!! I DONT TRUST the FBI superiors HOWEVER I think the rank and file would love the chance to clear their reputations as well!!! I think Wray is OK and the CORRUPT superiors have been removed!!!


95 posted on 10/01/2018 2:35:48 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: familyop

Reading their crap is more exhausting than following the proceedings. We have an anchor around our necks.


96 posted on 10/01/2018 2:36:13 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: kingattax

We’ll see if Myrtle has more spine than Grassley. Personally I would rather see them vote and fail than more delays. At least we will know who stands where.


97 posted on 10/01/2018 2:39:39 PM PDT by Hugin ("Not one step from his weapons should a traveler take"...Havamal 38)
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To: jjotto
Supreme Court Finalist Brett Kavanaugh Called “More Conservative” Than Justice Scalia
LifeNews ^ | July 6, 2018 | MICAIAH BILGER

‘America First’ SCOTUS Choice: Judge Brett Kavanaugh Applies Trump’s Economic Patriotism to the Law
(details on Kavanaugh's anti-illegal-immigration decisions behind the Brietbart link)
Brietbart
by John Binder
4 Jul 2018
"Judge Brett Kavanaugh, in the running to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, appears to share President Trump’s views on immigration and protecting the American worker."


Brett Kavanaugh: Trump’s Double Down SCOTUS Pick [Kavanaugh's decisions against illegal immigration]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3668818/posts

Empirical SCOTUS blog sees Brett Kavanaugh as likely SCOTUS nominee
ABA Journal, American Bar Association ^ | December 12, 2017 | Debra Cassens Weiss
Kavanaugh would be attractive to conservatives because of positions he took on two hot-button issues: gun rights and abortion. Kavanaugh dissented when the appeals court rejected a challenge to a Washington, D.C., ban on assault weapons enacted after the Supreme Court found an individual right to own guns under the Second Amendment. Kavanaugh also dissented when the full D.C. Circuit required the U.S. government to allow an abortion for a 17-year-old immigrant who was being held in a shelter because she is in the country illegally.

(Excerpt) Read more at abajournal.com ...

Meet Trump’s Candidates for Upcoming Supreme Court Vacancy
NTD
By Ivan PentchoukovJUNE 29, 2018
"Barrett is a mother of seven children, including a special needs child and two children adopted from Haiti."


98 posted on 10/01/2018 2:40:39 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: familyop

That article says nothing about the promise being in writing. However, I think all Republicans will vote for him and possibly three Demons.


99 posted on 10/01/2018 2:42:39 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: familyop

That article says nothing about the promise being in writing. However, I think all Republicans will vote for him and possibly three Demons.


100 posted on 10/01/2018 2:42:40 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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