It’s expected that all 50 Senate Republicans will vote to oppose Chipman’s confirmation. From the sounds of this Washington Post article, there’s at least a handful of Democrats in the same boat:
The White House and Senate Democrats are struggling to secure support in their own ranks to install David Chipman as head of the [ATF] […]
[…]A month has passed since Chipman’s nomination deadlocked in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and a handful of Democratic senators from states friendly to gun rights have declined to far to support him[…]
[…]On Tuesday, Durbin — who is also the Senate Democrats’ whip, or chief vote-counter — acknowledged again that the votes are not there yet for Chipman to win confirmation.
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