Senate Confirms Brett Kavanaugh To Supreme Court, Rejects Me Too Movement
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Source: Huffington Post
Kavanaugh was narrowly confirmed, 50-48. Every Republican but one, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), voted for him. Every Democrat but one, Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), voted against him.
The vote would have been 51-49, but Murkowski, whose vote will be recorded as no, agreed to vote present during the actual vote as a favor to Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who supports Kavanaugh but was away at his daughters wedding. By voting present, and with Daines out, the final tally was 50-48. Their paired vote, as its called, maintains the same two-vote margin and does not change the outcome.
Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-confirmed-supreme-court_us_5bb7c006e4b0876eda9e1b28
mnhtnbb
(33,344 posts)uppityperson
(116,019 posts)appalachiablue
(44,022 posts)he will be know as Supreme Court Rapist now.
BigmanPigman
(55,127 posts)Pick up the cry
Hey, now it's time for you and me
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
Hey, come on now we're marching to the sea
Got a revolution (got to revolution)
Who will take it from you, we will and who are we?
Well, we are volunteers of America (volunteers of America)
Volunteers of America (volunteers of America)
I've got a revolution
Got a revolution
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)JudyM
(29,785 posts)Dupe of this earlier posted thread:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142173590