Blumenthal: Dems lack the votes to stop Kavanaugh confirmation

WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is promising “a lot of sparks are going to fly” when President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh, takes his seat Tuesday at opening day of confirmation hearings. But absent a majority in the Senate, Blumenthal and fellow Democrats may already be out of options for blocking Kavanaugh — Trump’s second nominee who likely would tip the court in a clear conservative direction, if confirmed. But that won’t stop Blumenthal from trying, he said. Blumenthal is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which on Tuesday begins two or three days of confirmation hearings for Kavanaugh.

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