Leahy Calls for "Prompt" Sotomayor Hearing

Sotomayor Completes Questionnaire; Leahy Calls for Prompt Hearing
By Keith Perine, CQ Staff

The White House and Senate Democrats on Thursday kept up their push for a July confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.

The administration turned in Sotomayor’s committee questionnaire Thursday afternoon, as the nominee continued a hectic pace of courtesy calls on Capitol Hill.

“She has advanced the confirmation process by promptly complying with this Senate requirement, and now the Senate should promptly schedule hearings to fairly consider her nomination to our highest court,” said Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy , D-Vt. “The unfair attacks that have been leveled at her from outside the Senate are all the more reason to give her the chance to respond.”

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