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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What’s next for Brett Kavanaugh and the Senate?

    The Senate Judiciary committee voted to move Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to a full Senate vote. But Arizona Senator Jeff Flake asked that there be a one-week FBI investigation that would delay that vote.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Sep 28, 2018 • 1 min read

    The Senate Judiciary committee voted to move Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination to a full Senate vote. But Arizona Senator Jeff Flake asked that there be a one-week FBI investigation that would delay that vote. Senate Republican leaders agreed to the investigation. We get the latest.

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    Brett Kavanaugh, the Senate and political fallout
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    5. 48:56Press Play special: Kavanaugh and this moment in politics
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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Brett Kavanaugh, the Senate and political fallout
    1. 0:00What’s next for Brett Kavanaugh and the Senate?You’re reading this
    2. 12:16What it was like to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1970?
    3. 22:39Is ‘Old Man & The Gun’ the right way to go out for Robert Redford?
    4. 36:22Documenting Alex Honnold free soloing El Capitan
    5. 48:56Press Play special: Kavanaugh and this moment in politics
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