Read the organizing resolution.
The committee deadlocked 11-11.
The organizing resolution says that after any tied vote in committee the majority or minority can discharge the nomination to the floor.
That’s what Schumer did.
Thank you for the explanation. The event is being mischaracterized by numerous sources in this case.
That said, those 3 RINO’s remain a bane upon the Republican Party. They will vote for a wholly unAmerican Leftist to the Supreme Court. They appear to be doing so willfully as an FU to all Conservatives.