WASHINGTON (AP/CLARKSVILLENOW) – BREAKING: Divided Senate confirms conservative jurist Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, win for President Trump, Republicans.
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Vice President Mike Pence is expected to preside over the final Senate confirmation vote on Judge Neil Gorsuch as the next member of the Supreme Court.
All 52 Republicans and three moderate Democrats are expected to cast their votes in favor of the Supreme Court nominee.
While in the past, 55 votes would have left Republicans short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, the GOP has changed the rules so that only a simple majority vote is needed.