The Gorsuch Tally: Where senators stand on court nominee

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Full Senate debate begins on Gorsuch nomination

Mike Emanuel reports from Capitol Hill

The overwhelming majority of Senate Democrats have come out against Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch — with most planning to support a filibuster if it comes to that.

That means the Senate could be in for a showdown vote later this week.

With 52 Republicans and 48 Democrats in the chamber, the majority party needs eight Democrats to join them to break a filibuster (which takes 60 votes). All Republicans are expected to back the nominee. But if they can't get to 60, they could deploy the so-called "nuclear option" to lower the threshold and push through to confirmation on a simple majority -- a major change in Senate precedent.

So far, however, only three Democrats have come out saying they would support Gorsuch -- Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Donnelly of Indiana, and Sen. Michael Bennett, D-Colo., announced on Monday that he will not support a filibuster.

Here’s where the rest stand, not including those who have taken no position:

Senators opposed to Gorsuch; supporting a filibuster:

1.  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

2.  Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

3.  Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J.

4.  Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del.

5.  Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa.

6.  Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill.

7.  Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn.

8.  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.

9.  Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.

10. Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.

11. Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii

12. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.

13. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va.

14. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.

15. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.

16. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.

17. Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

18. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich.

19. Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I.

20. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. (Independent who caucuses with Democrats)

21. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.

22. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.

23. Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M.

24. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.

25. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.

26. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.

27. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md.

28. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.

29. Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M.

30. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

31. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.

32. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.

33. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev.

34. Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii

35.  Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio

36. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont.

37. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.

38. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.

39. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

40. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.

41. Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.

42. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J.

43. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. (Independent who caucuses with Democrats)

44. Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on April 3. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-K.Y., said they plan to vote to confirm Gorsuch on the Senate floor on April 7.

Fox News’ Bill Mears and Amy Leedecke contributed to this report.