Wednesday, October 3, 2018

McConnell files cloture to end debate on Kavanaugh's nomination

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed for cloture late Wednesday night to end debate on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court. This sets up a key procedural vote for Friday to end the hearing and proceed with a confirmation vote on Saturday.

If Kavanaugh is confirmed, it is anticipated that Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire subscriber "Liberal Tears Mugs" will be in high demand.

The FBI's report on Kavanaugh will remain locked in a safe as 100 Senators and about 9 staff will be the only people to have access to the one copy until it is leaked to the media.

On Capitol Hill, tensions are running higher than Michael Moore's restaurant tab as senators wait with baited breath for the background investigation.

Sources previously told Fox News that senators along with some aides will be able to begin looking at the document Thursday morning and it will be Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) who will get first dibs.

Earlier Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell denied a request made by Minority Leader Chuck "Fiery Nostrils" Schumer to approve a briefing by FBI agents on the bureau's background investigation (BI).

In a letter to Schumer, McConnell said a briefing "would be unprecedented and irregular" and said that the maneuver would merely be a stalling tactic, causing liquid to amass above Schumer's upper lip.

"And, in all candor, I believe it would be used to further delay this nomination--a goal about which you and your Democratic colleagues have been abundantly clear and single-minded in pursuing," McConnell wrote.

Tough luck Chuck.

Republicans are understandably angry over the stalling by Democrats and the acquiescing of the GOP to their demands. If the Republican Party blows it, it may be the beginning of the end for them and they know it.


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