Claim To Fame: Senators from West Virginia and North Dakota
Why They're Person's of the Week: For defying party head Chuck Schumer along with a liberal base that opposes anything and everything President Trump does and becoming the first Democrats to publicly announce their intention to vote for President Trump's eminently qualified Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.
"After doing my due diligence by meeting with Judge Gorsuch and reviewing his record and testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, I’ve decided to vote in favor of his confirmation," Heitkamp said in a statement.
Thirty-three Senate Democrats have come out against Gorsuch's nomination, with Republicans signaling that they are willing to change Senate rules to confirm him with a simple majority if eight Democrats or Independents don't back him.
Both West Virginia's Manchin and North Dakota's Heitkamp are up for re-election next year in states that voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
"I hold no illusions that I will agree with every decision Judge Gorsuch may issue in the future, but I have not found any reasons why this jurist should not be a Supreme Court justice," Manchin said in a statement.
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