Grassley Wants to Raise $3 Million for Collins Amid Kavanaugh Backlash

Ms Ford alleges Mr Kavanaugh drunkenly attempted to rape her while his friend, Mark Judge, stood by and watched during a 1982 gathering.

“I really have little interest in what she has to say”, Collins told CNN when asked to respond to the latest criticism, accusing Rice of lacking legal ties to the state. “Collins VOTES NO on Kanvanaugh OR we fund her future opponent”, which was started by the Maine People’s Alliance, Mainers for Accountable Leadership and activist Ady Barkan.

“Three hundred thousand people ought to go online right now and give her $10”, he said. But still, others questioned the reasoning behind the ban, noting that 49 other senators voted for Kavanaugh, and a successful boycott of Collins’ home state would only hurt its citizens.

“In our intense focus on our differences”, Collins said, “we have forgotten the common values that bind us together as Americans”.

In a speech announcing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Sen. Is that worth the House or Senate majority? At the end of September, Ford (and Kavanaugh) testified in an emotional hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Kavanaugh once again referred to the law as ‘precedent upon precedent’. She told the press she was assured by the nominee that he would respect Roe v. Wade.

“Nothing like starting with binders full of women (and men) ready to take up the fight”, she wrote.

“I feel very comfortable that I’ve made the right decision”, Collins said. She has voted in favor of abortion and same-sex marriage while towing a more moderate line on economics.

Senators who viewed the FBI’s report said it showed no corroboration of the allegations. And even if pressure were to cause Collins to stray from her Republican colleagues – something the ardent protesting and emotional personal testimony prior to her vote did not do – it would do nothing to change the minds of the 49 other Republican senators who voted for Kavanaugh, nor would it influence President Donald Trump.

Speaking at a panel during the New Yorker festival on Sunday, Rice said she had “a lot more homework” to do before committing to running.

Susan Collins (R-Maine) to have a “fervent hope” that he will work to lessen the divisions in the Supreme Court so that we will have far fewer 5-to-4 decisions, and that the public’s confidence in the court will be restored.

A reported nine people were interviewed in the FBI’s five-day investigation.

Ford accused Kavanaugh of an attempted sexual assault while they were both in high school in the 80s.

Among the transcripts, is one of an interview with Judge.

Kavanaugh’s confirmation was stalled by accusations of sexual misconduct when he was in high school and college, but Collins and others said they were won over by his forceful denials and a supplemental Federal Bureau of Investigation report they say produced no evidence corroborating the claims.