1. A delayed vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

Senate Republicans will hold off on the confirmation vote by as much as a week, bowing to a last-minute demand from Senator Jeff Flake to allow time for an F.B.I. investigation into accusations of sexual assault.

“We ought to do what we can to make sure we do all due diligence with a nomination this important,” he said.

With that stipulation, the Judiciary Committee then voted along party lines to advance the nomination to the full Senate.