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10:00ET/15:00BST: Sen Judiciary Committee Vote On SCOTUS Nominee Jackson

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  • 10:00 ET 15:00 BST: The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on sending Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS nomination to the full Senate.
  • The committee is likely to deliver an 11-11 split on the vote, necessitating a senate vote on discharging Jackson's nomination from the committee. A final vote in the full Senate is likely to take place on Thursday or Friday.
  • Jackson's confirmation is likely to pass with a narrow bipartisan vote: Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) has indicated that she will vote for Jackson.
  • This timeline ties up the Senate for nearly an entire week before the Senate recesses for another two weeks. This will be of concern to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) as there are currently three key pieces of legislation stalled in the Senate:
    • The China competitiveness tech bill
    • Additional Covid-19 relief funding
    • The bill to revoke Russia's preferred trade status and ban Russian oil
  • These three bills have been delayed by GOP amendments and if Democrats can't get positive results on any of these bills it will further damage the party ahead of the midterms.

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