Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt. , center, talks with committee member Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz, right, during the committee's markup vote on the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, Tuesday, July 28, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. is at left.
WASHINGTON - JULY 28: Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (C) speaks to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (R), the lone Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote in favor of the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonya Sotomayor, during a markup and vote on the Supreme Court nominee July 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sotomayor was endorsed by the committee by a vote of 13-6 and the nomination will now move to a vote before the full Senate.
Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (TOP) talks with Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (R) as the Judiciary Committee discusses whether to send the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the full senate for confirmation during a business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 28, 2009.
WASHINGTON - JULY 28: Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (C) speaks to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) (R), the lone Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote in favor of the nomination of Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonya Sotomayor, during a markup and vote on the Supreme Court nominee July 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. Sotomayor was endorsed by the committee by a vote of 13-6 and the nomination will now move to a vote before the full Senate.
(L-R) Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) listen as the Judiciary Committee discusses whether to send the U.S. Supreme Court nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the full senate for confirmation during a business meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 28, 2009.