Senate Judiciary Committee approves Sonia Sotomayor to be first Hispanic Supreme Court justice

WASHINGTON — Pushing toward a historic Supreme Court confirmation vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved Judge Sonia Sotomayor to be the first Hispanic justice, over nearly solid Republican opposition.

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