Senate Democrats, backed by three GOP senators, voted on Monday night to break a deadlock on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination, paving the way for her to be confirmed by the end of the week.
Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and Mitt Romney voted with Democrats to make Jackson's nomination available for a full Senate vote.
Collins announced last week that she would vote for Jackson.
"Despite Republican obstruction, Judge Jackson has enough votes to get confirmed by the Supreme Court on a bipartisan basis. The Senate is going to keep working until she is confirmed," Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer said on Monday.
Only three GOP senators voted for her current position last year: Collins, Murkowski and Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was widely viewed as being a "No" vote and ultimately came out against her Supreme Court nomination.
While Romney was considered a swing vote because he had been open minded in her nomination and hit back at some GOP criticism over her sentencing decisions.
The Senate's vote on Monday night comes after the Senate Judiciary Committee tied 11-11 on Jackson's nomination earlier Monday.
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Collins, Murkowski, Romney help break deadlock on Jackson's nomination
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