Posted on 10/04/2018 12:19:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaughs tottering Supreme Court nomination after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set his polarized chamber on a schedule to decide an election-season battle that has consumed the nation. A showdown roll call over confirmation seemed likely over the weekend.
McConnell, R-Ky., cemented the process late Wednesday and announced that the FBI would soon deliver to an anxious Senate the potentially fateful report on claims that Kavanaugh sexually abused women. With Republicans clinging to a razor-thin 51-49 majority and five senators including three Republicans still vacillating, the conservative jurists prospects of Senate confirmation remained murky and dependent, in part, on the files contents, which are supposed to be kept secret.
There will be plenty of time for members to review and be briefed on the supplemental material before Fridays vote, McConnell said to the nearly empty chamber. In a rare moment of randomness in whats been a deadly serious process, the normally meticulous lawmakers cell phone emitted a ringtone during part of his remarks. [ ]
Amid complaints that some lawmakers were being confronted outside their homes, McConnell claimed on the Senate floor that the protesters were part of the organized effort to derail Kavanaughs nomination.
There is no chance in the world that theyre going to scare us out of doing our duty, he said.
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Simple answer
“Ford was given a comprehensive chance to publicly give her testimony to the US Senate. There is no evidence to be gather by talking to her yet again. That is an obvious hyper partisan attempt to create a purposeless delay”.
My prediction is when RBG or Breyer pass on or retire....Trump takes 12 to 18 months before he announces the replacement. He’ll keep saying he can’t find the right person, grin at the camera, and each week will pass with no nomination.
If he has a strong senate, what benefit is there to sitting on a nomination? Extended time with a 5-3 majority?
And that delay tactic has long ago gotten old, and the polls reflect it.
Yeah...but Cox has to sign it to make it law...?
This is a chance for the Republicans to the be the King Makers. I am voting for deLeon, slap in the face of Feinstein, new Senator with low seniority. DeLeon will also be part of the face of the new crazy Democrat party, he can not hide who he is. Even other Democrats will run away from him.
A 6-3 majority is even better than 5-3, and keeps us in good shape longer.
There is no advantage to waiting if the opportunity arises.
thats why i was asking the one who said he’ll sit on the nomination for a while
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