Headline Roundup October 5, 2018
GOP Senator Susan Collins to Vote "Yes" on Kavanaugh
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Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Friday she will vote to confirm the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, strongly increasing his chances of confirmation.
We are not prone to praising Susan Collins. But we are delighted to make an exception for her impressive speech on the Senate floor this afternoon explaining why sheβll vote βyesβ on Brett Kavanaugh.
But in her speech announcing that sheβd vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, she ended up sounding like Trump.
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