Late flight snags Jackson's committee vote

[brooklynite]

Source: The Hill

A Democratic senator’s flight snafu is delaying a committee vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) took the panel into a break as it waits for Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) to make it back to Washington, D.C.

“Due to a passenger medical emergency, Senator Padilla’s flight was turned back and returned to LAX, delaying his arrival to Washington. He boarded the first available flight this morning and will arrive this afternoon,” a Padilla spokesperson said.

Jackson’s nomination is expected to get a tied vote in committee. That doesn’t sink the nomination, but it will require Democrats to take an extra step to discharge her nomination to the full Senate.

Read more: https://thehill.com/news/senate/3258536-late-flight-snags-jacksons-committee-vote

[Lasher]

1. Once the committee deadlocks on Jackson's nomination,

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expected to move to discharge her nomination from the committee and to the full Senate. What if Yerdel were Senate Majority Leader? Could and would he opt to not bring the tie vote to the full Senate?