Senate Judiciary Deadlocks on Jackson Nomination

“A Senate panel deadlocked on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, forcing a full Senate vote tonight that is expected to move the nomination forward,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Such ties in com­mit­tee are rare, in part be­cause the ma­jor­ity party usu­ally holds more seats on the com­mit­tee than the mi­nor­ity. But the Sen­ate is di­vided 50-50 be­tween both par­ties, with Vice Pres­i­dent Ka­mala Har­ris hold­ing the tiebreak­ing vote. A power-shar­ing agree­ment reached last year be­tween Sen­ate lead­ers gave Re­pub­li­cans an equal num­ber of seats to De­moc­rats on every com­mit­tee, while De­moc­rats hold the chair­man­ships.”

Washington Post: “As the Senate heads into the final week of Jackson’s confirmation battle, the last-minute deliberations of a handful of GOP senators are being watched closely to see whether her support will grow beyond one Republican.”