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(28 Sep 2018) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY

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Washington - 28 September 2018
1. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Dianne Feinstein on dias
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D) California:
"I'm very disappointed that we're here today voting on this nomination especially in light of the testimony that we heard just yesterday. My Republican colleagues spent their time at the hearing focused exclusively on policy and partisanship and process. The majority argued that the sexual assault Dr. Ford experienced was nothing more than a Democratic smear campaign that I am allegedly orchestrating."
3. Wide of hearing
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D) California:
"However I was shocked to see Judge Kavanaugh take the same tone and strategy. Candidly, in the 25 years on this committee I have never seen a nominee for any position behave in that manner. Judge Kavanaugh used as much political rhetoric as my Republican colleagues. And what's more, he went on the attack. He yelled at Democrats for having the temerity to express our frustration for not having access to over 90 percent of his record and said that some Democratic members were quote an embarrassment end quote He accused Democrats of quote lying in wait end quote and replacing quote advice and consent with search and destroy end quote. He even went so far as to say that Dr. Ford's allegations were nothing more than quote a calculated and orchestrated political hit fueled with apparent pent up anger about President Trump and the 2018 election end quote."
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D) California:
"This was not someone who reflected an impartial temperament or the fairness and evenhandedness one would see in a judge. This was someone who was aggressive and belligerent. I have never seen someone who wants to be elevated to the highest court in our country behave in that manner."
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Dianne Feinstein, (D) California:
"But it's equally unfair to have heard from a credible, poised and brave witness and simply ignore what we heard and move forward immediately."
9. Wide of hearing
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah::
"All of my Democratic colleagues have said for weeks that they will vote against Judge Kavanaugh. Here's where I stand. We can't allow more time for new smears. We can't allow more time for new smears to damage Judge Kavanaugh, his family, his reputation, the reputation of the court and of course the reputation of the country. We cannot allow more time for partisans on the left to try to beat judge Kavana into submission."
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D) Vermont:
"You know, in some ways it feels like Alice in Wonderland around here. It's unbelievable where we are today. It's almost surreal. This Judiciary Committee is no longer an independent branch of government and we're supposed to be. The Senate is supposed to be an independent equal branch of government. We're no longer that. We are an arm and a very weak arm of the Trump White House."
13. Wide of hearing
STORYLINE:
Partisan tensions are only getting worse after a hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh devolved into a partisan fistfight. Democrats and Republicans — and Kavanaugh himself — sparred over explosive allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted an acquaintance while both were teenagers.
Democrats were outraged that Republicans did not force a high school friend of Kavanaugh and other witnesses to testify under oath.
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