Missouri’s McCaskill to meet with US Supreme Court nominee

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is slated to meet
with President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee.

The Democrat will meet with Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday. She faces a tough
battle for re-election this year in a state Trump won by 19 points.

McCaskill has said she wants to know Kavanaugh’s opinion on the 2010 U.S.
Supreme Court’s Citizens’ United decision that allowed corporate spending in
elections.

McCaskill also says she wants to know how Kavanaugh feels about a
Republican-led lawsuit to overturn former President Barack Obama’s health care
law. And she says she’s interested in Kavanaugh’s views in cases of “the little
guy versus the big guy.”

Republicans have been pressuring Democratic senators up for re-election this
year to meet with Kavanaugh, particularly in states that Trump won.

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