Skip to main content
Tags: kavanaugh | mcconnell | vote

Kavanaugh to Get Senate Vote This Week, McConnell Says

Senator McConnell looks to the left with an American flag in the background
(Getty Images)

Monday, 01 October 2018 05:31 PM EDT

The Senate will vote this week on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday.

"'Let me make it very clear. The time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close. Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination is out of committee. We’re considering it here on the floor," McConnell said. "We’ll be voting this week."The Senate will first need to vote to cut off debate on the nomination before reaching a final confirmation vote.

The FBI is conducting a one-week investigation into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh at the insistence of a handful of Republicans who said they wouldn’t vote to confirm him otherwise.

McConnell of Kentucky said Kavanaugh was "rightfully angry" after Thursday’s raucous Judiciary Committee hearing. The nominee forcefully and tearfully denied the assault allegation by Christine Blasey Ford, who testified earlier in the day, and separate claims by two other women who weren’t called to testify.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York said on the Senate floor that Kavanaugh’s statements at the hearing show he harbors "deep partisan resentments" and that some of his answers to the committee weren’t credible. Schumer said he had the impression that Kavanaugh would "mislead senators about everything from the momentous to the mundane, whatever it takes to cast his nomination in the most favorable light."

© Copyright 2024 Bloomberg News. All rights reserved.


US
The Senate will vote this week on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday."'Let me make it very clear. The time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close. Judge Kavanaugh's nomination is out of committee. We're...
kavanaugh, mcconnell, vote
218
2018-31-01
Monday, 01 October 2018 05:31 PM
Newsmax Media, Inc.

Sign up for Newsmax’s Daily Newsletter

Receive breaking news and original analysis - sent right to your inbox.

(Optional for Local News)
Privacy: We never share your email address.
Join the Newsmax Community
Read and Post Comments
Please review Community Guidelines before posting a comment.
 
TOP

Interest-Based Advertising | Do not sell or share my personal information

Newsmax, Moneynews, Newsmax Health, and Independent. American. are registered trademarks of Newsmax Media, Inc. Newsmax TV, and Newsmax World are trademarks of Newsmax Media, Inc.

NEWSMAX.COM
America's News Page
© Newsmax Media, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
Download the Newsmax App
NEWSMAX.COM
America's News Page
© Newsmax Media, Inc.
All Rights Reserved