Ketanji Brown Jackson‘s nomination as a Supreme Court judge of the United States is fast approaching as Democratic lawmakers prepare to add to the vote bank. The United States Senate’s Judiciary Committee is set to take up the matter early on Monday.

Democrats will then wind the nomination through the 50-50 Senate, with a final vote in sight for President Joe Biden’s pick to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer.

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If confirmed, Jackson will become the first-ever Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court justice panel of the United States. 

A deadlock vote, which will split 11-11, is expected on Monday in the Senate judiciary panel. This would mean that Democratic legislators will have to spend additional hours on the Senate floor to “discharge” her nomination from committee.

While it would not delay the process for long, it is another blow for Democrats who had hoped to confirm Jackson with bipartisan support, according to reports from Associated Press.

A deadlocked vote would be “a truly unfortunate signal of the continued descent into dysfunction of our confirmation process,” said Delaware Senator Chris Coons, a Democrat on the Judiciary panel.

While none of the Republicans on the Judiciary panel is expected to support Jackson, Democrats will have at least one GOP vote in favor on the floor — Maine Senator Susan Collins, who announced last week that she will support the nominee.

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Collins said that even though she may not always agree with her, Jackson “possesses the experience, qualifications and integrity to serve as an associate justice on the Supreme Court”, according to reports from Associated Press.

Mitch McConnell, the lead Republican in the United States Senate has declared that he will not be voting to certify Kentanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court seat.