MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS – US Daily

• 1345ET: A final vote for confirmation of Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is expected to take place and pass with a slim bi-partisan majority.
• Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby has confirmed that the sixth drawdown of equipment from Defence Department’s inventories ‘brings the total US security assistance commitment to Ukraine to more than USD$2.4 billion since the beginning of the Biden Administration.'
• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will continue his diplomatic engagements in Brussels today.
• It’s a bumper day in the Senate. Alongside the SCOTUS vote, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will also push for a vote on a package to strip Russia and Belarus of preferential trade status and codify the ban on Russian oil. Schumer would also like to move on the COVID-19 relief bill, but the late GOP call for a Title 42 amendment will likely bump the bill until after the Spring recess.
• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had angered China by reportedly planning to visit Taiwan after a trip to Japan this weekend, arriving on Sunday April 10, a highly symbolic date in US-Taiwan relations.
• Poll of the Day: The war in Ukraine is having significant consequences for how Russians and Americans view each other.

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