Two more Republicans back Ketanji Brown Jackson for supreme court
by Lauren Gambino in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5XTYQ)
Nomination advances in Senate after judiciary committee vote splits along party lines
Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney on Monday brought to three the number of Republican senators to say they would vote in favor of supporting Ketanji Brown Jackson as Joe Biden's nominee to the US supreme court.
Murkowski of Alaska put out a statement on Monday evening saying: After multiple in-depth conversations with Judge Jackson and deliberative review of her record and recent hearings, I will support her historic nomination to be an Associate Justice on the US supreme court."
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