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Lisa Murkowski voted against closing debate on the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh; had the vote not passed it would have killed the nomination.<\/p>\n
She has stated she will vote “present” on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, so that Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., can attend his daughter\u2019s wedding — avoiding the need for a frantic flight to D.C. for the father of the bride.<\/p>\n
Murkowski said she is a \u201cno\u201d on the nomination but will \u201cpair\u201d her vote with Daines and be marked \u201cpresent\u201d instead, meaning that Daines can remain at the wedding and not have to rush back.<\/p>\n
Pairing of votes in the Senate (sometimes called \u201clive pairs\u201d) is a rare but Senate accepted custom between senators on opposing sides of an issue, so their votes essentially offset each other. They reach a gentleperson\u2019s agreement to \u201cpair\u201d their votes if one of the senators will be absent. Pairing will not affect the outcome of the vote.<\/p>\n
Mitch McConnell has stated any Republican Senator who votes against Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation will “…be toast…” meaning that the support one could expect for re-election from the Republican National Committee, and the office of the Senate Majority Leader, will evaporate. <\/p>\n
Enter Sara Palin, former Governor of Alaska and McCain Presidential running mate. <\/p>\n
Palin issued the tweet suggesting a possible challenge to Murkowski in 2022, when Murkowski is up for reelection. <\/p>\n
Early days, of course, but interesting. Murkowski losing senate support, and facing a possible primary challenge to her seat from the very well known Palin, may make her rue her decision to buck McConnell and down vote Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n
Read the entire article over at Legal Insurrection.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"