to 44 vote. all members of the democratic voted for her, including senators kyrsten sinema and senator joe manchin. republicans susan collins, lisa murkowski and lindsey graham also joined them. susan collins today weighed in on briers retirement. there is no need for any rush. we can take our time, have hearings, go through the process, which is a very important one. it is a lifetime import appointment after all. funny, she didn t say any of that when it was amy coney barrett. and senator lindsey graham, still on that committee, issued a statement that read in part, quote, if all democrats hang together which i expect they will they have the power to replace justice breyer in 2022 without one republican vote in support. in a moment i will be getting live reaction to the breyer news from congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez.