http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/deadlines-for-kavanaughs-supreme-court-confirmatio.html
They're trying to push it past November, but they will fail, so ultimately it doesn't really matter if he doesn't get confirmed right away.
>Yes, a subsequently confirmed justice can ascend to the bench the moment she or he is cleared by the Senate. But the new justice will typically not vote on cases in which oral arguments were heard in their absence. So the longer the ninth justice is missing, the more it affects the Court’s work.
4/4 split case can be reheard.