Senate panel schedules Friday morning vote for Kavanaugh
By Jordain Carney - 09/25/18 06:32 PM EDT
The Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a Friday morning vote on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court, according to a committee notice.
The vote on Kavanaugh — which GOP staff acknowledges could be pushed past Friday — is slated to come just one day after he is scheduled to testify in front of the panel on allegations of sexual misconduct.
One of the two women who has come forward to accuse Kavanaugh of misconduct, Christine Blasey Ford, is also scheduled to testify on Thursday.
“As a procedural matter, the Judiciary Committee today noticed a potential executive business meeting for Friday, September 28 at 9:30 a.m,†Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) office said in the notice.
“Committee rules normally require executive business meetings to be noticed three days in advance, so an executive business meeting is being noticed tonight in the event that a majority of the members are prepared to hold one on Friday,†they added.
The Judiciary Committee has scheduled, and had to postpone, Kavanaugh's nomination several times.
It was initially set for last week but delayed after Ford went public with her sexual assault allegation.
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