The Senate Judiciary Committee is voting on President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. The decision to proceed with the vote came Thursday, just a few hours after the conclusion of an emotion-packed hearing that aired a decades-old sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford.
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said after a closed-door GOP meeting Thursday night that the leadership has not determined whether they have at least 50 votes needed to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination on the Senate floor. Among the undetermined votes are Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Losing two votes will tank Kavanaugh’s nomination.
If Kavanaugh is confirmed, he will be Trump’s second pick to the Supreme Court following Judge Neil Gorsuch, who was confirmed last year.
