Vice President Mike Pence may have to cast the tie breaking vote on Saturday to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as an associate justice of the Supreme Court, thanks to a key Republican defection in Friday’s cloture vote to end Senate debate.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), a key Democrat swing vote, voted Friday morning on cloture for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
The Senate passed its motion to vote on cloture, setting up a weekend vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
“The very rude elevator screamers are paid professionals only looking to make Senators look bad,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “Don’t fall for it!”
Jeff Flake and Ben Sasse are NeverTrump, but they have always called for limited government and faithfully interpreting the Constitution.
“Roses are red, violets are blue, senators vote NO on #Kavanaugh, or else we’re coming for you,” the abortion giant tweeted as it also celebrated National Poetry Day.
Arizona Senate Republican candidate Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) said in a radio interview on Wednesday that she would vote for Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday began the final round of the confirmation battle over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court, filing for cloture to ensure a final vote on the President Trump’s nominee by the end of this week.
Sen. Flake says he took offense to President Trump’s comments about Christine Blasey Ford, referring to the remarks as “kind of appalling.”
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) believes Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) owes Brett Kavanaugh an apology for her role in the smear campaign against him.
A nomination expert said on Tuesday that ‘hundreds’ of people have been asked about Brett Kavanaugh’s drinking habits in six FBI investigations.
Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake (R) criticized Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, but said he is waiting to hear from the FBI before making a decision on whether to confirm him.
The NRCC fundraising has skyrocketed during Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process, according to a Politico report.
The FBI’s seventh background investigation into Judge Brett Kavanaugh, prompted by Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ) insistence, will conclude Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, according to a Tuesday Wall Street Journal report.
Ana Maria Archila, one of the two women who confronted Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator on Friday, helps lead a progressive organization funded by billionaire George Soros that heads an $80 million activist effort characterized as part of the anti-Trump “resistance” movement.
Monday while speaking the Forbes Under 30 conference in Boston, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said President Donald Trump should have been “disqualified” from as a candidate for the presidency for questioning former President Barack Obama’s birthplace. Flake said, “I could never
Monday MSNBC played a clip of Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) speaking in Boston today saying he is working to “make sure that any current, credible allegation that has been made is fully investigated,” in the expanded FBI probe of Supreme Court
During an interview for Sunday’s “60 Minutes” on CBS, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) discussed the Brett Kavanaugh hearings from last week, saying the Supreme Court justice nominee’s fiery opening statement came across as someone who was “unjustly accused” of something.
Outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) sat down for an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’s “60 Minutes” and shared that if he were seeking re-election that there is “not a chance” he would have struck a deal with Democrats to
In fact, Kavanaugh’s temperament is perfect. We do not want judges who express indifference to injustice. On the contrary, we want judges who show righteous indignation in the face of injustice, and who apply legal principles to the defense of liberty.
A Rasmussen poll released September 28 shows growth in voter support for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
In a preview clip from “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) said Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh‘s testimony before the Judiciary Committee was understandable, but he said it “seemed partisan.”
“It has been standard procedure for decades to refer any new allegations made against a Supreme Court nominee to the FBI for review, and it would be completely unprecedented if an investigation was not undertaken in this instance,” Courtney wrote.
If the good Sen. Flake thought he might be purchasing for himself some goodwill from his colleagues on the other side of the aisle, or perhaps lining up left-leaning clients for his post-senatorial career, he is sadly mistaken. The Left will shun him now that he has given them what they craved. The GOP will remember him as a Benedict Arnold. And he will fade into the Arizona sunset as a modern-day Icarus blinded by his own misguided yearning to be admired.
President Donald Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House Saturday that he believes the FBI investigation into Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is “going very well.”
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) demanded in a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) on Saturday that the FBI investigate Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s statements made under oath during Thursday’s hearing to see if he is telling the truth.
Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino told Fox & Friends on September 29 that “Jeff Flake has no spine.”
Friday on his Fox News Channel program, Tucker Carlson explained how over the past 48 hours, Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh had become a “folk hero” in the eyes Republicans voters.
“I’ve ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation to update Judge Kavanaugh’s file,” Trump said.
Friday on MSNBC, presidential historian Jon Meacham said Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) calling for a delay on the floor vote pending an FBI investigation into the sexual misconduct claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was a “triumph of common sense.” Meacham
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.
While speaking on Friday, Senate Judiciary Committee member Jeff Flake (R-AZ) stated that the floor vote on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh should be delayed for up to a week to let the FBI investigate the allegations against Kavanaugh
A visibly angry Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) lamented the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as the panel is slated to vote whether the judge’s nomination should proceed to the full Senate Friday afternoon.
Sen. Christopher Coons (D-CT) on Friday morning choked up upon learning Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), a key Republican swing vote, announced he will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, according to reporters on Capitol Hill.
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) revealed in a statement Friday that he will vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Graham, who took a very vocal approach in protesting Senate Democrats’ tactics in opposing Kavanaugh’s confirmation earlier in the day during the hearing, suggested the evidence was on Kavanaugh’s side.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s second nominee to the United States Supreme Court, survived a contentious hearing on Thursday in which he defended against allegations of sexual impropriety leveled at him earlier in the day by Dr. Christine Blasey Ford from more than three decades ago.
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) announced Thursday evening that he would vote to confirm President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, pointing to the lack of corroboration of Dr. Christine Ford’s allegation of sexual assault.
Senators on the Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning are expected to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the Northern California psychology professor who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers.Ford will testify first, followed by Kavanaugh. Senators will have five minutes to question Ford and then Kavanaugh. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates. All times eastern.
Wednesday on the Senate floor, Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) criticized President Donald Trump’s tweet about Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Supreme Court associate justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Flake said, “I must also say that separate and apart from this nomination,
