Here we go. Cocaine Mitch just held a cloture vote to shut down debate on the confirmation for Brett Kavanaugh.
McConnell is filing cloture NOW on the Kavanaugh nomination.
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) October 4, 2018
Sets up Friday cloture vote
Final confirmation vote on Saturday
He’s pretty happy about it:
I just filed cloture on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. There will be plenty of time for Members to review and be briefed on this supplemental material before a Friday cloture vote.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) October 4, 2018
And they’ve set a date for the vote for Saturday.
BREAKING: Confirmation vote on Judge Kavanaugh will be on Saturday.
— Michael J. Morrison (@OfficeOfMike) October 4, 2018
The FBI report will arrive soon, and be viewed by senators tomorrow morning:
FBI supplemental background investigation report hasn’t arrived on Capitol Hill yet, but it’s expected shortly.
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) October 4, 2018
BREAKING: Senators to view Kavanaugh FBI report tomorrow starting at 8 a.m. ET, according to sources briefed on the schedule. pic.twitter.com/GvwzdACxRE
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 4, 2018
Tentative plan for how senators will read Kavanaugh FBI report, per a senior Senate official:
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) October 3, 2018
--Only one copy of the report is available
--Senators will have to read report in SCIF in the CVC, will get briefed by cleared committee staff ....
.... --Cleared staff will brief senators on report in one-hour shifts, i.e. Republicans will have access to the report from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. tomorrow. Then Dems get access at 9 a.m. Rs get it back at 10 a.m. Etc.
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) October 3, 2018
--This is so multiple senators can read/learn about report at once
It’s all happening!!!
Here’s more:
UPDATE:
Democrats are salty.
Tomorrow, we take to the streets https://t.co/DjkrhMkZzz
— Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) October 4, 2018
LOL!! Good luck with that, dumbass.
And Trump is tweeting:
Wow, such enthusiasm and energy for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Look at the Energy, look at the Polls. Something very big is happening. He is a fine man and great intellect. The country is with him all the way!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2018
OK, they’re really losing it:
This is urgent. McConnell is complicit in the attempted destruction of our democracy. Stop dealing with him and Trump as if this is just another story. Close down the Senate. https://t.co/o78j3hQlLv
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) October 4, 2018
SHUT DOWN THE SENATE!!! That’s a Parkland survivor parent. Very sad.