The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-10 Friday to recommend Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the next associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) making a last-minute stand that the final full-Senate vote be delayed for not more than one week.
Flake agreed to join with fellow Republicans Friday morning, only to retreat to the committee anteroom for nearly an hour to conference with Democrats before the vote. When he emerged for the vote, chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) allowed Flake to speak. Flake then announced he would vote yes on Kavanaugh for committee recommendation but with the stipulation that he would support another delay before the Senate floor vote that otherwise could have taken place as soon as Monday.Flake was unequivocal that the delay, to allow additional investigation by the FBI, be limited to no longer than one week, meaning a final vote by next Friday. He also insisted the investigation be “limited in scope.”
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A "One-week" delay? Wait till the next "Kavanaugh victim" waiting in the wings shows up with the help of the Democrats, of course. This delay tactic is designed to stall the conformation for a lot longer than 7 days.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely but if they didn't have 50 senators who would vote for him in the final tally, then they had no choice. I don't like the delay either but I must say that it is better than I thought on Wednesday.
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