Amid an energetic resistance campaign, the committee vote on President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch has been postponed one week.

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee requested the delay, which punts the vote to April 3, “giving Republicans days to meet their goal of winning Gorsuch’s confirmation by the full Senate by the end of that week,” as The Hill points out. The Senate goes into a two-week recess starting April 8.

The delay, while expected, sets into motion “a major showdown over his Senate confirmation,” Politico wrote—and an opening for opponents to further ramp up the pressure on lawmakers to block his nomination.

At least 14 senators—as many as 20, according to some counts—have said they’ll vote against Gorsuch, though fewer have committed to a filibuster, which Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called for last week.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), for example, told VTDigger Sunday night: “I am not inclined to filibuster, even though I’m not inclined to vote for him.” He clarified his position in a tweet on Monday:

NBC News reports: