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Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are against boycotting the vote on the Supreme Court nominee.
There is not going to be a boycott. There is no chance that the committee would boycott.
The idea of a committee boycott, which has been floating around Capitol Hill for weeks, was spun up after 10 Republicans sent Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the committee chairman, a request that he suspend the hearing until they could get pre-sentencing reports tied to child
Republicans were accused of trying to go on a fishing expedition by the senator.
When asked if Republicans would try to bottle up Jackson's nomination in committee by skipping the vote, he acknowledged that it was a danger.
Several GOP senators said they did not support a boycott of Jackson, who would be the first Black woman on the Supreme Court. The Judiciary Committee is split evenly, meaning that if Republicans tried to boycott Jackson's nomination in committee, they would have to skip the vote.
Lindsey Graham, who is viewed as a no vote on Jackson, signaled he didn't think skipping the vote was a good idea.
Graham was asked if he would support a boycott.
John Cornyn, who is also a member of the committee and an ally of Senate Minority LeaderMitch McConnell, told reporters that Republicans should show up and treat the nominee respectfully.
Democrats are eager to confirm Jackson before they leave for a two-week April break, and the committee is expected to vote on her nomination on April 4.
Unless a majority of the committee is present at the time the action is taken, a nomination cannot be reported to the full Senate.
The Senate requires a simple majority to be present in a committee.
The committee rules require two members of the minority to be present for a vote, but that has not been done in the past. Republicans were able to fulfill the simple majority requirement without the help of Democrats.
The top Republican on the committee said there had been no discussions about skipping the vote on Jackson's nomination.
"I intend to go to work and earn my money, and there was no thought of boycotting," he said.
One of the Republicans on the committee that was viewed as having presidential ambitions indicated that he wouldn't boycott the vote unless his fellow Republicans decided to skip the vote.
I am going to vote. I will vote if we are going to. When asked if he would boycott the vote if other senators did not show up, he said he would vote no.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to advance her nomination to the full floor for a vote before April 8.
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