News WATCH: Senate Cloture Vote On Kavanaugh By Erica Peterson, NPR Staff Published October 5, 2018 at 3:53 PM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Liam James Doyle The United States Capitol, pictured Aug. 3, 2017. (Photo: Liam James Doyle/NPR) The Senate is taking a procedural vote on whether or not to move Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination forward. Watch the proceedings on the Senate floor live.