Posted on 10/04/2018 5:33:22 PM PDT by SMGFan
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., will not be available at any point on Saturday to vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Instead, he'll be at his daughter’s wedding, Fox News has learned.
The absence of the senator – expected to support the embattled nominee’s confirmation – throws a wrench into the works as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., aims to push through Kavanaugh’s nomination to the high court.
The decision means McConnell would need to obtain all of his available 50 Republican senators to vote for the judge. It would also push Vice President Mike Pence out of the mix, as 99 senators would be voting and Pence can only settle things in the event of a tie. Under the new precedent established during Nuclear Option II on Supreme Court nominees, the Senate simply needs a "majority" of those "voting."
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Why aren’t we letting these Senators stay home from Washington DC altogether, use electronic voting from home, and turn the Capitol into a nice museum???
Is there anything on this earth more WORTHLESS than a Republican Senator?
What a tool.
Postpone the vote.
Primary this fool.
There is nothing more important than this vote.
Methinks some master manipulations going on here. What we think we see/hear is not what is real. Or something...
I think that is the “what next”.
Republican senator says he will not attend Kavanaugh confirmation vote if it is on Saturday - live updates
Senate procedural vote set for 10:30 a.m.
The Senate will reconvene at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, and a procedural vote will be held at 10:30 a.m. to limit the debate on Kavanaugh’s nomination. If the procedural vote receives a majority, then the Senate will move forward on a vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination.
If the Senate uses the whole alloted time of 30 hours of debate, then the vote for Kavanaugh will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday. If there is a tie, then Vice President Mike Pence will cast the tie-breaking vote.
They put it off and put it off and now we have this.
Assclown senators.
The Republican Party is HOPELESS
sounds like hyperventilation
What is the source for Fox?
NBCMT?
If he does his daughter should be ashamed of him and ashamed of herself.
“Is there anything on this earth more WORTHLESS than a Republican Senator?”
Geez. Here we go again.
Fine, let him vote YES than President Trump can let him borrow Air Force One so he can walk his daughter down the aisle, easy peasy
Yes. A Democrat Senator. But it is a close call.
These people need to get a grip and exhibit some responsibility.
I disagree. Daughter’s wedding >>>>> anything the Senate does.
I don’t see it on the Fox site.
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