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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 07 > Senate approves Sotomayor

Senate approves Sotomayor

68-31 vote comes largely along party lines

By Charlie Savage / The Bulletin
August 7, 2009

WASHINGTON " The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Sonia Soto-mayor as the nation's first Hispanic Supreme Court justice, concluding a 10-week battle with a resounding victory for the White House.

The largely party-line vote, 68-31, brought Sotomayor, 55, to the threshold of one of....

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