Sotomayor Debate Is Under Way

Rhetoric Continues Despite Certain Outcome

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

Aug. 5, 2009, 12 a.m.

The Senate on Tuesday began the final leg of Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor’s 10-week confirmation process with Democrats and Republicans laying down rhetorical markers for a two-day floor debate that will do nothing to change the outcome.

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