Playbook: “The Senate is poised to put Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court. The final vote is scheduled to happen this afternoon around 5 p.m. Senate Democrats have taken to the Senate floor this morning giving impassioned speeches against Kavanaugh’s appointment to the court.”
The vote is expected to be 50 to 48, with Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) absent for his daughter’s wedding and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) voting “present.”
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