Pence casts tie-breaking vote for Trump appeals court judge
Vice President Pence broke a tie Senate vote on Tuesday to confirm Jonathan Kobes as a judge on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The vote was stuck at 50-50 after Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) joined with all Democrats in opposing the nomination. Flake, who is retiring in January, is voting no on all judicial picks until he gets a vote on legislation protecting special counsel Robert Mueller.
Pence, who was presiding over the chamber, broke the tie by casting the 51st vote to confirm Kobes.
Pence has previously broken ties to confirm Cabinet nominees and to get judicial picks around procedural hurdles, but it's the first time Republicans have needed him on a confirmation vote for a Trump judicial nominee, according to a breakdown of recent tie breakers from the Office of the Secretary of the Senate.
Kobes's nomination is considered controversial because he was rated as "not qualified" by the American Bar Association's (ABA) standing committee on the federal judiciary.
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And the Trump kakistocracy rolls on.