Democrat Kamala Harris could lose seat on Senate Judiciary Committee, report says

Senator Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Perceived as a potential presidential candidate of 2020, caught the eye during the initial confirmation hearing of Brett Kavanaugh with his intense interrogation. (Associated Press)

Reducing the size of the 21-member Senate Judiciary Committee would be one of the measures Senate Republicans are considering as they prepare for the next Congress.

If that happens, Senator Kamala Harris of California – a high-ranking Democrat considered a possible candidate for the presidential nomination of her party in 2020 – could be left out, according to a report.

That's because the first-time senator is the youngest member of the Judiciary Committee and would be one of the first to be reduced to the panel, the Washington Post reported.

But some Democrats are scrambling to find a way to keep Harris on the committee, the report said. Ideas include negotiating with the Republicans – who maintained control of the House after this month's midterm elections – to keep the 21-member committee, or convincing an older Democrat to withdraw .

Although a US Senator for less than two years, Harris – a former attorney general of the state of California – drew attention during the summer to his interrogation of Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation hearings before the Supreme Court.

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For example, Harris and Kavanaugh had a difficult debate about whether he had discussed Special Advocate Robert Mueller's investigation of anyone in a law firm associated with the President's personal solicitor Trump.

"I think you think of someone and you do not want to tell us," Harris said when Kavanaugh responded that he could not remember if he had had such conversations.

But in September, the Washington Post awarded Harris a rating from Four Pinocchios, claiming that she had selectively mounted a video of Kavanaugh's comments on abortion-inducing drugs, with the goal of helping her get away from it all. assert that he was against birth control.

Harris has already told Senate Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., That she hoped to retain her place in the judiciary, said her spokeswoman, Lily Adams, in the mail.

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Proponents say Harris, 54 – as an African-American woman – is helping Democrats point out that the only part of the committee that counts the population is Caucasian. (Harris is one of four women Democrats in the group.)

"Not only would it be unacceptable to remove the only African-American woman from the committee, but Senator Harris is also the most qualified interlocutor on the entire panel," said Brian Fallon, Executive Director of Demand. Justice, appointed judges, told the post office. "Whatever the options to consider, removing Harris should not be part of it. The reaction would be intense.

But the Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Would consider the appointment of Senator-elect Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., To a seat on the bench, the Post reported.

Serious discussions on the future composition of the committee will begin after Tuesday's Senate election in Mississippi, the Post report said.

Louis Casciano of Fox News contributed to this report.