The Senate is on track Friday to give the new Republican-led government its first big victory when it confirms Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

After spending weeks on an ill-fated effort to pass a long-promised healthcare bill, Congress will at last able to check off a critical promise made during the campaign by Republicans and President Trump: putting a solid conservative on the bench to replace the late Antonin Scalia.

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