Jackson's final confirmation will be at least somewhat bipartisan, with Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah) announcing they will vote yes
At the moment, Democrats expect Jackson to receive full support from their 50-member caucus — and that’s enough to get her confirmed. Her final confirmation will be at least somewhat bipartisan, with Sens. Susan Collins , Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney announcing they will vote yes.
Some Republicans recently suggested that they’re torn between supporting Jackson’s historic nomination and voting no based on opposition to her judicial philosophy. A few in that group are retiring this year, freeing them from the potential political risks of backing her nomination, although a vote to confirm Jackson would roil the GOP primaries currently underway to replace them.
“If it really is a pattern, that’s something I think we should be paying attention to. If it is an issue of … one-offs that have been hyped into more than that, I think that’s something we need to try to discern,” Murkowski said.Sen. Susan Collins leaves a bipartisan meeting of Senators in June 2021. | Drew Angerer/Getty Imagessupport Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
Romney has said that he wouldn’t comment until Jackson’s hearings ended — insisting he’s undecided even as Republicans hope he votes no. He says he’ll “be weighing the capacity and philosophy and the decisions by a judge in her prior role.” He has met with the nominee.The South Carolinian was once viewed as among the most likely Republicans to support Biden’s Supreme Court pick. But while Graham supported Jackson’s nomination to the D.C.
The meticulous Ohio Republican has kept a staffer in the hearing room to monitor colleagues’ questions to Jackson and her answers. He agrees with some of his colleagues that Jackson’s bid to join the court is “a historic nomination.” But it’ll be tough for him to vote for her in the end, and he voted no on discharging Jackson’s nomination to the floor.
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