McConnell Pushes Ahead on Kavanaugh Confirmation After FBI Submits Report

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) leaves a closed-door lunch meeting of GOP Senators at the U.S. Capitol, Oct. 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) filed for cloture on Oct. 3, seeking to resolve the filibuster and bring in the final vote on President Trump’s nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination by Oct. 6.

McConnell filed the motion for cloture shortly before 10 p.m.