The supplemental FBI background report on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be delivered to senators on Capitol Hill Thursday morning. Senators will be reviewing the report in a secure room in the Capitol Complex. 

Republican Robert Flanders discusses the confirmation controvery over Brett Kavanaugh.  Download

An initial Senate vote on the noimnation is set for Friday, with majority leader Mitch McConnell expected to call for a final vote over the weekend. 

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Rhode Island Junior Senator Sheldon Whitehouse joined The Public’s Radio’s Chuck Hinman to discuss the process. He is a Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and they spoke by phone from Whitehouse’s Washington office. 

Republican Robert Flanders is a former Rhode Island Supreme Court Justice, and he is challenging U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse in November’s mid-term election.

The conversation between Chuck Hinman and Sheldon Whitehouse begins with a question for Whitehouse on what he hoped would come out of the new report.   Download

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