This is my understanding after listening to Tucker Carlson who is usually pretty reliable. Tucker Carlson said that the deadlines are according to Senate rules which he described as “complex.”
I have been wondering for the last few days why Ms. Ford and her lawyers are insisting on next Thursday to testify.
Tucker Carlson seemed to provide the answer.
There is no time before the midterms for the White House to introduce and vet a new candidate. Democrats will have prevented the president from filling this vacancy. We’ll have just eight justices for the foreseeable future. And probably until there is another Democratic president.
That makes no sense unless he's assuming a Democrat Senate.