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The Senate Judiciary Committee, which Murkowski is not a member of, is currently scheduled to vote on Kavanaugh's nomination at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday.

Republicans hold a majority on the committee and, if they could stick together, could report Kavanaugh's nomination to the floor favorably this week without help from Democrats.

But several GOP senators have indicated they are open to hearing from Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh's accuser, after she discussed the alleged incident with The Washington Post in a story published on Sunday.

Ford told the Post that during a party in the early 1980s Kavanaugh "groped her over her clothes, grinding his body against hers and clumsily attempting to pull off her one-piece bathing suit and the clothing she wore over it."

Kavanaugh has denied the alleged incident, which Ford says took place when they were both in high school.

Murkowski is one of a handful of moderate undecided senators whose decision on Kavanaugh will determine if, and when, he is confirmed.

Democrats need to win over two GOP senators and keep their own caucus united if they want to block Kavanaugh.