Tester will oppose Neil Gorsuch

[Ptah]

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester said he will not vote to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tester said Gorsuch's history of women's health issues, as well as the Colorado justice's views on corporations having the same First Amendment rights as people weren deal breakers.

A Democratic senator from a state Trump won by 101,000 votes, Tester has been a prime target for conservatives trying to drum up eight Gorsuch votes from the minority party.

Tester had consistently said he would give Gorsuch a “fair hearing.” But Montana’s senior senator said he would not be a rubber stamp vote of approval for the President Donald Trump’s pick.

http://helenair.com/news/local/tester-will-oppose-neil-gorsuch/article_89b2ee19-1fe4-5f4c-ae76-37d38aa51b60.html

[femmocrat]

1. Whew! That's good news.

I was disappointed to hear about Donnelly. I hope no one else goes over to the dark side.

[flygal]

2. Yes! nt

[2naSalit]

3. Good. I wasn't sure which way he'd go...nt

[FBaggins]

4. But will he join a filibuster?

Not voting to confirm is very different than voting to not allow a vote.