Republican senator willing to fly back from Montana after daughter's wedding for Senate vote on Kavanaugh
by Naomi Lim
| October 04, 2018 08:09 PM
| Updated Oct 04, 2018, 11:22 PM
A Republican senator won't be in Washington when Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation may be put for a vote on the Senate floor. But he will fly back from Montana as soon as he walks his daughter down the aisle.
Sen. Steve Daines of Montana first told the Associated Press Thursday he was attending his daughter's wedding on Saturday, despite talk of a full Senate vote on the judge this weekend.
Katie Schoettler, a spokeswoman for Daines, confirmed the report Thursday evening with the Washington Examiner. She said the senator would walk his daughter down the aisle, but added she couldn't comment on how the scheduling conflict could affect Kavanaugh's nomination before the timing for the vote was decided.
Daines told CNN Thursday night he would return to Washington after the wedding.
But, he said in a televised interview on Fox News, getting past the procedural vote Friday morning will be the first hurdle. After that, he said, "We have a plan ready to go."
"My goal this weekend is to walk my daughter down the aisle and to see a new United States Supreme Court Justice," he said.
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