BREAKING: US Senate Cmte Approves Judge Sotomayor
The Senate Judiciary Committee just approved U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor by a vote of 13-6. All the Democrats on the panel voted for her while only one Republican (Lindsey Graham of South Carolina) joined them. Sotomayor now heads to the full U.S. Senate for a vote where she is expected to be confirmed in the near future.