Senate Judiciary Committee Votes for Sotomayor.

Exciting news. Next to the Senate for confirmation.

The committee voted 13-6 to send its recommendation to the full Senate, which is expected to confirm Sotomayor’s appointment next week.
With all of the committee’s Democrats supporting Sotomayor, Sen. Russell Feingold of Wisconsin called the president’s nominee “a thoughtful, careful and intelligent judge” with “a perspective that the court sorely needs. … Not only will Judge Sotomayor be the first Latina to serve on the court, and the third woman, but also the first with experience as a trial judge.”

Via LA Times.