The US Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a vote on Friday on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
The committee vote is being set for the day after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford are to testify about her allegation that he sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers.
That public hearing is set for Thursday.
The committee scheduled the vote as Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell announced Tuesday he was moving forward with Kavanaugh’s nomination.
Kavanaugh has denied Ford’s claim and that of another woman who has come forward with an allegation from his time at Yale.
The committee will be voting on whether to recommend Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate.
Senators were told to be prepared for a rare weekend session and McConnell said he was confident Kavanugh would be confirmed.
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