McConnell vows Gorsuch will be confirmed this week, Schumer predicts he won't get 60 votes THE SENATE'S TOP Republican and Democrat were split on Sunday over the possibility of Judge Neil Gorsuch being confirmed to the Supreme Court ahead of a scheduled Senate vote this week, with Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., vowing that the judge will be "confirmed this week," while Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., says Gorsuch will not pass the 60-vote benchmark. |