GOP says they're moving forward with Friday Committee vote on Kavanaugh

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SOURCE: THE HILL

URL: https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/408880-gop-says-theyre-moving-forward-with-vote-on-kavanaugh

BY JORDAIN CARNEY


Republicans emerged from a closed-door caucus meeting on Thursday night saying they will move forward Friday with a committee vote on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination.

The vote will come a day after dramatic testimony from the nominee and Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexual assault.

Several Republicans, including GOP Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), said the plan is for the Judiciary Committee to hold a vote on Friday, which would pave the way for a vote to end debate in the full Senate on Monday and a final vote on his nomination Tuesday.

"I'm optimistic, yeah. I don't see any reason why he wouldn't be voted out positively," Cornyn told reporters as he left the Capitol for the night.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters that the committee would vote Friday and said Republicans were "very optimistic we're going to succeed."

The one vote on Judiciary in question is Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), who has feuded with President Trump and in a floor speech this week criticized both sides on the Kavanaugh matter. He is officially undecided on Kavanaugh.

Flake is officially undecided on Kavanaugh and gave few hints during the hours-long Thursday hearing about which way he was leaning.

He told reporters after the closed-door meeting that he remained undecided and wanted to think on the decision over Thursday night, setting up a potentially dramatic moment at the Judiciary Committee vote on Friday.

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