Brett Kavanaugh is the newest justice of the U.S. Supreme Court..The judge was sworn in Saturday after the U.S. Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him..The two-vote margin is the closest Supreme Court confirmation vote since 1881..Among last-minute fence-sitters, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia), and Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) all voted for Kavanaugh..U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) initially voted no – the lone Republican to do so. But she subsequently withdrew her vote as a favor to U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana), who was absent because he attended his daughter's wedding in Montana. Daines would have voted yes, so it would have countered Murkowski's no. The pairing of Daines's non-vote and Murkowski's withdrawal leaves the outcome with the same two-vote margin it would have had if both senators had voted..Senators voted amid loud and continuing protests from the Senate gallery that at times interrupted the roll call.
Brett Kavanaugh is the newest justice of the U.S. Supreme Court..The judge was sworn in Saturday after the U.S. Senate voted 50-48 to confirm him..The two-vote margin is the closest Supreme Court confirmation vote since 1881..Among last-minute fence-sitters, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine), Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia), and Jeff Flake (R-Arizona) all voted for Kavanaugh..U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) initially voted no – the lone Republican to do so. But she subsequently withdrew her vote as a favor to U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-Montana), who was absent because he attended his daughter's wedding in Montana. Daines would have voted yes, so it would have countered Murkowski's no. The pairing of Daines's non-vote and Murkowski's withdrawal leaves the outcome with the same two-vote margin it would have had if both senators had voted..Senators voted amid loud and continuing protests from the Senate gallery that at times interrupted the roll call.
