Also this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet President Trump on Thursday and Friday to talk about trade and security issues.

 

Sen. Claire McKaskill, a Missouri Democrat up for re-election in 2018, announced on Friday she would oppose Gorsuch, dimming GOP hopes that there would be enough Democratic support to reach the traditional 60-vote threshold for moving high court nominations. Republicans have just 52 Senate seats, and only three Democrats so far have endorsed Gorsuch: Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

 

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has made clear that he is prepared to kill the 60-vote requirement for Supreme Court nominations, if necessary to get Gorsuch confirmed.

 

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