California Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla’s Sunday night flight to DC was forced to turn around due to a medical emergency onboard — forcing the Senate Judiciary Committee to delay its Monday vote on Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.The Democrat’s unplanned absence meant that Jackson’s nomination could not be considered by the committee as planned early Monday afternoon. The panel’s 22 members are evenly divided by party and all 11 Republicans are expected to oppose Jackson.“We have a problem and it could have happened to any one of us,” said committee chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). “One of our colleagues, Sen. Padilla, got on the overnight special out of Los Angeles last night. It took off and a medical emergency on the airplane forced them back to Los Angeles.”
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