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Two key moderate senators say they’re satisfied with FBI’s Kavanaugh report

By Becket Adams
Published October 4, 2018 5:52pm ET
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Two key moderate senators say they’re satisfied with FBI’s Kavanaugh report
Sens. Susan Collins and Jeff Flake are pictured. | (AP Photos)

It looks like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., will have enough votes to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh this weekend.

Two key Senate holdouts, Republican Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, told reporters Thursday that they’re encouraged by the FBI’s supplemental investigation into the allegations against the judge.

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