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National

Key Vote

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice



Key Votes:
PN 506-111

Issues:
Date: 08/06/2009


Record Vote Number 262

Nomination Confirmed
(Senate)

How members voted
(68 - 31)


Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to confirm President Barack Obama's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to be Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Official Title of Legislation:

PN 506-111: Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice David H. Souter, retiring.

Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ntquery/z?nomis:111PN506-100:

Full Text of Legislation (HTML Document)

Senate Confirmation Vote: 08/06/2009 : Nomination Confirmed 68 - 31 (Record Vote Number 262)



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