sotomayor vote
Senate Expected to Confirm Sotomayor Today
After a 12-hour “debate” yesterday during which senators largely repeated the same arguments for and against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor that we heard during her confirmation hearing, the Senate is set to vote on the nominee today.
Although there’s no question that Sotomayor will be confirmed, she’s expected to receive only about ten Republican votes, [...]
Senate Judiciary Committee to Vote on Sotomayor Next Week
Although Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a committee vote on the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for tomorrow, ranking Republican Jeff Sessions has said he’ll ask to hold off the vote for another week — a request that would automatically be granted. So the vote is expected to take place on Tuesday, [...]
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