With three republican senators infected and others awaiting results mcconnell is without a fully working majority of 50 senators.
Mcconnell quotes towards other senators on floor.
The left channels its fury toward mcconnell.
Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell.
He would need to rely on vice president mike pence to be on hand.
Incensed by the fact that mcconnell and other gop senators argued in 2016 that rather than vote on garland americans should be able to weigh in.
Mcconnell s comments came after a pledge he made last month that the senate would take no action on the nomination setting the stage for a political fight.
Following ginsburg s death senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky vowed that trump s nominee would receive a vote but did not specify whether it would occur before the election or during.
Protests move us towards justice.
Mcconnell could not lose more than three votes from his caucus.
The best hope for democrats is that their entire caucus opposes the nominee and that a few moderate gop senators decide to join them.
Mcconnell said wednesday that the the.
The attorney general s painstaking pursuit of facts and justice leader mcconnell said on the senate floor.
In that scenario the senate vote would be tied 50 50 and he would need vice president mike pence to cast a tie breaking vote.
Mcconnell argued that the senate impeachment trial of trump has been structured the same as the trial of former president bill clinton in the 1990s and repeated that over 28 000 pages of evidence.