Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), preparing for a Senate re-election fight against "Gold Star Moms for Peace" leader Cindy Sheehan, has announced that she will join the proposed filibuster of Samuel Alito's nomination. Meanwhile, Republican Senator Lincoln Chaffee announced today that he will be voting against Judge Alito. However, he has committed to voting for cloture when it comes up on the Senate floor at 4:30 today, citing the need to "work together." 53 of the 55 Republicans are expected to vote to confirm Alito, along with Democrats Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tim Johnson of South Dakota, Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
The cloture vote took place at 4:35pm, and at 5:30 the verdict was read: 72 votes for cloture (ending floor debate), and 25 against. The test vote for confirmation held earlier in the day resulted in a 57-38 Alito victory, and the actual confirmation vote is scheduled for 11am tomorrow.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013000392_pf.html
http://www.townhall.com/news/ap/online/gov/supreme-court/D8F80BIG0.html
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