Am I right that the current Republican majority has until January to confirm Kavanaugh

[madville]

or a replacement nominee. So they still have three months with a 51-49 advantage regardless of what happens with Kavanaugh and the mid-terms? I was talking to someone about it today and I was thinking that the new Congress usually doesn't get seated until the beginning of January.

[marylandblue]

1. New Congress starts Jan 3, so they have until then

[Wellstone ruled]

12. Yes siree.

[alwaysinasnit]

2. It is possible, especially if they lose a couple of Senate seats.

[hlthe2b]

3. yup... they can use the lame duck session to try to ram someone else (or him) through

[CincyDem]

4. 1/2/19 I believe. Until then, we got who we got.

Mitch was adamant that we couldn’t consider a nomination in the last year of a presidency. If the senate turns I doubt he’ll have the same commitment to wait for the next senate to be sworn in.

[madville]

5. Absolutely not

They'll have a vote on New Year's Eve if they have to.

[CincyDem]

11. Sorry. I think we're in violet agreement.

My comment was intended to mean that the senate composition ias it stands today will be in place until 1/2/19, including any lame duck or retiring senators.

Am I misreading your absolutely not?

[RockRaven]

6. They want it done before the election, though, because of the effect it will have on the election

At least, that was their plan going into the process.

[madville]

7. I think many people are confused because most news articles say they have to confirm him

before the midterms when in reality they still have two months in power after the election and if they are going to lose the majority anyway they will get someone confirmed before possibly losing power in the Senate for a long time.

[RockRaven]

9. It sort of emphasizes how awful they are... they are willing to put this asshole on SCOTUS

just to get it done NOW, when they are still CERTAIN to be able to get another Alito or Gorsuch type on the court, just possibly not in time for the election.

[Nictuku]

8. How many actual Congressional work days?

Don't congress critters take off for vacations... All of the House and many Senators will have time off to go campaign back in their districts, and then we have Thanksgiving (there goes November). December is Christmas, don't they get the entire month off usually? Seems they are on vacation more than they are in session, by a huge margin.

[democratic friend]

10. That will all be cancelled if a new justice needs confirmed

Just like they cut most of August