The U.S. Senate held its final vote Saturday on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Watch a video of the final vote proceedings below:
Kavanaugh in July, after Justice Anthony Kennedy from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The were held in early September before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which . In the following weeks, against Brett Kavanaugh surfaced. Kavanaugh denies these allegations.
Both Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who alleges Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party in the 1980s, on Sept. 27. Kavanaugh's nomination , but an was also opened.
About a day after to senators, the U.S. Senate held to close debate. That procedural vote on Friday by a 51-to-49 margin and set the stage for the final confirmation vote this weekend.
