GOP opens door to holding Kavanaugh committee vote this week
By Jordain Carney - 09/24/18 09:34 PM EDT
Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are opening the door to the panel voting on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination this week.
GOP senators on Monday said that the committee could vote this week, while deferring a decision to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Judiciary Committee chairman.
GOP Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), a member of the Judiciary Committee, told reporters he would defer to Grassley on the timing of the vote but "Friday would be possible."
Under that timeline, senators would vote on Kavanaugh's nomination in the Judiciary Committee roughly a day after he and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing him of sexual assault, are testifying publicly.
GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) predicted the panel would not vote on Thursday but that he would be "okay" with the panel voting on Thursday or Friday.
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