Grassley: If there's no agreement on Ford testifying, committee will vote Monday

cnn ^ | September 21, 2018 | Phil Mattingly, Dana Bash, Manu Raju, Devan Cole and Sunlen Serfaty,

[mdittmar]

Washington (CNN)The Senate Judiciary Committee has proposed holding a hearing next Wednesday where they will hear testimony from both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing him of sexual assault, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

A deadline for Ford's legal team to respond to Senate Republicans' proposal for the hearing has been extended from 5 p.m. ET Friday to 10 p.m., Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said in a statement. If Ford's lawyers do not respond to the proposal or Ford decides not to testify by the deadline, Grassley said, the committee will vote on Kavanaugh's nomination Monday.

[Innovative]

Good. It’s time.

[Maine Mariner]

Why bother to testify. She is going to be on Sixty Minutes on Sunday (according to a discussion thread here)

[Logical me]

It doesn't mean a damn thing Grassley says, there will be no vote Monday. You can bet on that.

[The_Media_never_lie]

These crazy democrats are attacking the foundations of our country.

[cableguymn]

There will be another shoe to fall over the weekend

[brewcrew1965]

I agree, but wish it were otherwise. End the circus now.

[tomkat]

.. tick .. tick .. tick ..

[P-Marlowe]

She knows she has no evidence to present. She won’t appear. This is all a big joke. They don’t want the hearing. They want the issue.

Those mean Republicans silenced the sexual attack survivor.

If she testifies they lose the case and the issue.

[KeyLargo]

“there was no immediate public response from Ford’s lawyers. That silence and Grassley’s offer, which did not rule out further compromise, left uncertain whether Ford would appear and tell lawmakers and a captivated nation about her allegation that an inebriated Kavanaugh trapped her on a bed and tried removing her clothes when both were teenagers in the 1980s.“ NBC.

So Grassley will comprise again?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Don't doubt Grassley! The man is 85 and still mows his lawn with 3 mowers.

Balls, I tell ya! Kavanaugh will be confirmed by end of month.

[robel]

Of course she’ll “agree” to testify. It’s part of the game. It’s the “testifying” that is elusive. Republicans are saps.

[Beowulf9]

The victim in this case was Kavanaugh.

Turn it to a victory. Vote on Monday!

[Mariner]

12 minutes and counting

[The_Republic_Of_Maine]

I don’t believe anything on cnn is there any other source for this?

[mdittmar]

ET Friday to 10 p.m.

[mdittmar]

4 minutes and counting

[Newbomb Turk]

Grassley should just stop responding the her lawyers and take the weekend off. She had her chance. Let the dems squirm all weekend.

[treetopsandroofs]

“These crazy democrats are attacking the foundations of our country.”

They tell us it’s their patriotic duty to do so.

While ALL in the US House of Representatives, yes, you, too, Trey for 4 years, SUPPORTED the Fraud’s crimes against America.

[jimfree]

I was about to post the 4 minute count. You beat me to it. Let me be the first to toll 3 minutes.