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https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/09/18/jeff-flake-if-kavanaugh-accuser-fails-to-show-up-ill-vote-to-move-ahead-n2520288by Matt Vespa
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) is no fan of Donald Trump. He’s not running for re-election. Then again, he’s made himself quite the thorn in the side on some issues for this White House, specifically on the issue of lower court judges, who he mulled blocking over the president’s stance on tariffs. He has all the cards. He’s out in a few months, and he’s the key vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination (via Politico):
Now Flake holds the keys to a Supreme Court confirmation Trump prizes dearly — and could soon yank them away.
Flake flashed a yellow light Sunday night on Brett Kavanaugh’s high court bid, telling POLITICO that he won't support advancing the nomination this week if fellow senators don’t do more to hear out a woman accusing the nominee of sexual assault more than three decades ago. Opposition from the Arizona Republican wouldn’t doom Kavanaugh outright, but it already has ratcheted up political pressure on a GOP struggling to keep Trump’s Supreme Court nominee from a full implosion.
Flake is a charter member of the GOP’s anti-Trump caucus, one of only a few senators in the president’s party who freely tee off on the president’s handling of issues from trade to Russia, though they rarely actively undercut his agenda. Another member of that caucus, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), also called on Sunday night for a delay in the Kavanaugh confirmation process.
But Flake, unlike Corker, sits on the Judiciary Committee. A "no" vote from him on the narrowly divided panel would force Republicans to bring Kavanaugh to the floor with a negative recommendation, or without a committee vote at all, in order to keep the nomination on track.
Yet, citing Politico, is this “Flake’s revenge� No, not really.
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