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Old Supporters Now Sotomayor Foes

Some Republicans Change Their Minds on Nominee

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
July 20, 2009, Midnight

Sen. Bob Bennett (Utah) announced Friday that he would vote against Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court, becoming the first Republican to oppose her ascension to the high court who supported her nomination to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals just over a decade ago.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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