Republicans have taken the historic step of changing US Senate rules in order to ram through confirmation of President Trump's Supreme Court pick, APA reports quoting BBC.
They invoked the "nuclear option" after Democrats used a tactic known as a filibuster for the first time in half a century to block the nominee.
Colorado appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch will now be approved on Friday.
The move will leave Congress even more plagued by gridlock. Republican John McCain said: "Bad day for democracy."
Republicans retaliated on Thursday after falling five votes short of the 60 needed to confirm Mr Gorsuch.
With ideological control of the nation's highest court in the balance, the party voted 52-48 along party lines to overturn the chamber's rules.
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