New Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor August-07-09


In the final Senate tally, nine Republicans joined majority Democrats and the Senate's two independents to support Sotomayor's confirmation. They included the Senate's few GOP moderates and its lone Hispanic Republican, retiring Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida, as well as conservative Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the party's third-ranking leader.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07/sotomayors-swearing-in-to_n_253693.html

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