“I am an optimist … I see the day that is coming. Not the day that has gone. I am optimistic about the future of America. I am optimistic about the future of our independent judiciary.”
– SCOTUS nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh #ConfirmKavanaugh
2:30 PM – Oct 5, 2018
From the Senate Cloakroom
loture on the Kavanaugh nomination has been invoked. Under the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, now begins up to 30 hours of debate on the nomination followed by a vote on confirmation.
Agreed to, 51-49: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #1127, Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States