GOP is poised to elevate Kavanaugh to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: Protesters hold organizational meetings about actions and civil disobedience outside the Supreme Court while preparing for demonstrations against the confirmation of associate justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh October 06, 2018 in Washington, DC. The Senate is scheduled to vote on Kavanaugh's confirmation later in the day. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Brett Kavanaugh seems assured of becoming a member of the Supreme Court after a nomination battle that was historically controversial.

Kavanaugh confirmation likely today as votes swing in his favor

Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine, announced she will vote for Brett Kavanaugh, making it a near certainty that he will win a Supreme Court seat in Saturday?s vote.

Susan Collins?s decision reverberates in Maine

?I feel gutted,? said Catherine Perreault, a Portland resident, who added that she doesn?t know how the Republican senator will ?show her face in Maine.?

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Susan Collins goes all in for Kavanaugh ? and for Trump

In voting yes, Collins and her fellow Senate Republicans are on the brink of dealing a far-reaching setback to the Supreme Court?s standing in American life.

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PORTLAND, ME - SEPTEMBER 28: Protestors left a sign at the entrance to Sen. Susan Collins' office on September 28, 2018 in Portland, Maine. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) was crucial in getting the committee to agree to an additional week of investigations into accusations of sexual assault against Kavanaugh before the full Senate votes. A day earlier the committee heard from Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a California professor who has accused Kavnaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

Criticism abounds after Collins announces she will vote for Kavanaugh

The Maine Democratic Party lambasted Senator Susan Collins, while the Republican Party lauded her, for deciding to vote in favor of Judge Brett Kavanaugh?s nomination.

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