{"id":33843,"date":"2018-09-28T13:06:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33843"},"modified":"2018-09-28T13:43:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T20:43:16","slug":"a-flaky-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/28\/a-flaky-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flaky Vote?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Jeff Flake (R-AZ) announced he would vote to pass Pervert Kavanookie out of committee to the Senate floor, a pair of rape survivors confronted him in an elevator and harangued him about his hypocritical decision.\u00a0 That might have helped.\u00a0 He did cast a flaky vote, but he has left us a sliver of hope.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was approved Friday by the Senate Judiciary Committee on an 11-10 party-line vote, but the possibility of a reopened FBI investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against him gained surprising new life.<\/p>\n

That’s because the nomination still needs to be voted on by the full Senate \u2014 and if and when that would take place remained up in the air.<\/p>\n

That’s because Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., called for the full Senate vote to be delayed for one week to allow time for the FBI to reopen its background investigation into Kavanaugh amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n

Flake voted in favor of Kavanaugh during the Judiciary Committee vote, but then suggested he may not vote for Kavanaugh on the Senate floor if the FBI investigation does not take place. He said the investigation should be short and limited in scope.<\/p>\n

If Flake and one or two other Republican senators opposed moving the nomination to the Senate floor for a vote unless the FBI gets involved, that could stall or even doom Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who has not indicated how she intends to vote on the nomination, also backs an FBI investigation.<\/p>\n

The only way the investigation could be launched is if President Donald Trump orders the FBI to do so.<\/p>\n

Trump, when asked about a possible delay in the full Senate vote, told reporters at the White House on Friday that he would defer to GOP senators…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <NBC News<\/a>><\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a video report<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n