Daily Mail: SCOTUS pick's career hangs in the balance with first vote TODAY: Committee to decide on Kavanaugh ahead of final Senate vote next week, with key Republicans undecided after jaw-dropping hearing
* Republican senators say Judiciary Committee plans to vote Friday morning on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination
* He is expected to clear the committee, setting up a key procedural vote as early as Saturday on Senate floor
* Kavanaugh needs 50 votes from Senate to gain nomination - the Senate has 51 Republicans, 49 Democrats
* Four centrists will likely decide fate - Repubs Jeff Flake, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Dem Joe Manchin
* Moderate Democrat Doug Jones already revealed Thursday he believed Christine Ford and would vote no
* Kavanaugh gave a furious defense on Thursday as he repeatedly complained of his tarnished reputation
* Ford gave emotional testimony as she recounted vivid details of the night she said Kavanaugh assaulted her
A few Republican and Democratic centrists hold Brett Kavanaugh's fate in their hands after an electrifying day of testimony which saw him fight for his professional life - and Christine Blasey Ford detail claims that he tried to rape her.
Within minutes of the conclusion of the riveting testimony by both Kavanaugh and Ford, Senate Republicans announced that the Judiciary Committee would meet Friday morning for a vote on the judge's confirmation.
Kavanaugh is expected to clear the committee, which would set up a key procedural vote as early as Saturday on the Senate floor.
Key holdouts huddled in the Capitol on Thursday evening, as the main contingents of Republicans and Democrats joined their respective camps.
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Update #1: GOP races to first Kavanaugh vote after hearing from accuser (AP)
Update #2: Senate panel heads to vote on Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh (Reuters)
WNU Editor: To proceed with the vote tells me that the Republican leadership have made the determination that the votes are there .... BREAKING: We Have The Votes (Townhall).
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