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SD Senator Mike Rounds; SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh “Impressive”

SD Senator Mike Rounds; SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh “Impressive”

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President Trumps latest nominee to the US Supreme Court, Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh will be making the rounds of Senators offices for the next couple of weeks.
South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds was at the White House for the announcement, and was impressed with Kavanaugh……

Rounds says there will be a lot of work involved with the nomination…..

Rounds says he expects the nomination to be approved, with some democratic support…….

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he expects Kavanaugh to be confirmed before the fall term of the Court in October.

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