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Sen. MORE's nominee. "I will be a no tomorrow," Murkowski said in a speech on the Senate floor after describing how she had come to lean against voting to confirm Trump's second nominee to the high court in a final vote on Saturday. But Murkowski said that in the final tally she would ask that her vote be recorded as "present," saying she was doing it as a courtesy to Sen. MORE (R-Mont.), who is slated to attend his daughter's wedding back home on Saturday. "I do this because a friend, a colleague of ours is in Montana this evening and ...

Senate Republicans say they saw Sen. MORE (R-Maine) from the start as the key to confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and worked together as a team to cajole her when appropriate, but also to give her space to make her own decision. In the end, the strategy paid off.

GOP Sen. MORE (Maine) said Friday that she will support Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, clinching the votes he needs to be confirmed. "I will vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh," Collins said at the end of a roughly 45 minute speech on the Senate floor. "Judge Kavanaugh has been unequivocal in his belief that no president is above the law," Collins said. Collins also dismissed concerns from progressives and Democrats that Kavanaugh would provide a fifth vote for weakening or overturning Roe v.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Friday secured the support needed for Senate confirmation, setting the stage for a final vote on Saturday that will cap a fiercely partisan months-long battle over his nomination. Kavanaugh gained the crucial backing of Sen.

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The TAKE with Rick Klein He went there – and then some. President Brett Kavanaugh. Trump sees a political gender war for him and his party. When he called it a "very scary time for young men in America," he is of course hoping those men vote. This attack is not about pressure on the Senate.

The TAKE with Rick Klein It’s a fight both sides seem to crave.

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The campaigns on both sides of the debate have launched new digital ads, setting the stage for an emotional ad war over who could be protected or hurt by the measure.  A Democrat-led super PAC aiming to oust Republican state legislators across the country is raising money in Boston — with help, of course, from Republican Governor Charlie Baker’s campaign chair.   The moves stoke speculation that the Elizabeth Warren may be preparing for a presidential run in 2020.