Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed a motion Wednesday night to move forward with Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. A 51 vote majority will be needed to advance Kavanaugh and a final vote could come as early as Saturday. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to receive a report from the FBI into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh by Wednesday evening.
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