9/27/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on whether to favorably recommend Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court will happen as scheduled Friday morning, though top GOP senators did not appear to know as of Thursday [9-27-18] night whether enough key Republican votes had been convinced to confirm Kavanaugh. Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley repeatedly declined to answer questions Thursday night from reporters as he repeatedly said, ‘we’re meeting at 9:30’ — a reference to the committee meeting where the panel is scheduled to vote on whether to give Kavanaugh a favorable recommendation. When asked by the media if the nomination come to the full Senate floor for a vote, Grassley responded ‘Depends on what happens tomorrow.’ The announcement to keep the current schedule comes fewer than two hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee wrapped its day-long, blockbuster hearing of Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, a woman who accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Kavanaugh’s future now appears to lie in the decisions of a handful of key Republican senators. At least one long-undecided Republican senator, Bob Corker of Tennessee, announced his support for Kavanaugh just before 9 p.m. ET on Thursday night.”

Ted Barrett and Clare Foran, “Brett Kavanaugh committee vote to go on as scheduled Friday, Republican senators say,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 27, 2018 9:01 pm