Moments before the Senate began Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation vote to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, the chamber filled with the swell of history.
— Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney — who crossed party lines.
A short delay emerged when Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky was late, making him the last to vote and slightly prolonging the inevitable outcome. Jackson’s journey to this moment “is a reflection of our own journey” toward the nation’s ideals, the senator said.She then reached into a folder she had on her desk and pulled out two pieces of vice-presidential stationery paper.
In a historic bipartisan vote, the Senate voted 53-47 Thursday to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court, the first Black woman to be confirmed to the court in American history.“On this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 47,” Harris said. The nomination was confirmed.Democratic senators stood in ovation.Many Republican senators had already left as the Senate is about to start a two-week spring recess.Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
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