Article snippet: Senate Republicans say that Brett Kavanaugh’s chances of confirmation have improved because of new doubts over allegations of sexual misconduct against the embattled Supreme Court nominee. That growing confidence was reflected Tuesday by Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.), who told reporters after a meeting of the Senate GOP conference that he will have enough votes to confirm Kavanaugh. “We’re going to be moving forward. I’m confident we’re going to win, confident that he’ll be confirmed in the very near future,” McConnell said. A full-chamber vote on Kavanaugh could be scheduled for next week. Still, key GOP swing votes such as Sens. MORE (Tenn.) are undecided. Murkowski on Tuesday suggested the FBI should look into the accusations and indicated her vote will now depend on whether she believes Kavanaugh. Republicans have seized on the gaps in the story of a second accuser, Deborah Ramirez, who told The New Yorker magazine that Kavanaugh exposed himself to her during a Yale dorm-room party but couldn’t remember some key details. They say the gaps in her memory and an unsuccessful effort by The New York Times to find a witness to corroborate her story hve raised new doubts about the allegations made by Christine Blasey Ford. The Times, however, was not able to get Ramirez to speak about the incident on the record, as The New Yorker did, and may have gone forward with a story had it been able to obtain her cooperation. Ford has accused Kavanaugh of pinning... Link to the full article to read more