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Schumer reveals timeline for final vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court confirmation
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Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., revealed the timeline for the Senate affirmation of President Biden’s Supreme Court docket nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson.
The affirmation vote will happen round 1:45 p.m. japanese Thursday, Schumer stated Wednesday night time. The procedural vote to finish debate on the nomination will happen at 11 a.m. japanese.
Supreme Court docket nominee Decide Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in for her affirmation listening to earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, March 21, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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Senate guidelines typically require a 60-vote threshold to keep away from a filibuster, however in Nov. 2013, the Democratic-majority Senate voted to alter the principles to approve judges – aside from Supreme Court docket justices – with a mere majority vote. In April 2017, the Republican-majority Senate modified the principles once more, permitting the approval of Supreme Court docket justices by majority vote, securing the affirmation of Justice Neil Gorsuch.
The Senate is anticipated to substantiate Jackson’s nomination by as many as 53 yeas. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, introduced that they are going to vote sure. Justice Amy Coney Barrett secured 52 yeas in 2020.
Fox Information’ Chad Pergram contributed to this report.
Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks throughout a information convention on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Picture/Susan Walsh)
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