Democrats to delay Kavanaugh vote until next week
by Susan Ferrechio
| September 12, 2018 12:00 AM
Democrats are poised to block a Thursday committee vote to advance the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, placed Kavanaugh’s nomination on Thursday’s schedule. But Democrats will likely use a committee rule that allows them to keep the nomination on hold for at least another week.
That means a Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh isn’t likely to happen until Sept. 20 at the earliest.
“I expect that the minority will request that the nomination be held, so a vote is unlikely on Thursday,†George Hartmann, a spokesman for the Senate Judiciary Committee, told the Washington Examiner.
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