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Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell seems to be a likely no" vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the supreme court.

The Senate must conduct a rigorous, exhaustive review of Judge Jackson's nomination as befits a lifetime appointment to our highest Court," the Republican leader said in a new statement.