Republicans Clear the Way for Alito Vote (ABC news)

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1548625
Republicans Have 60 Votes Needed to End Debate and Confirm Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito

WASHINGTON Jan 27, 2006 — Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito enjoys sufficient bipartisan support to surmount any Senate filibuster attempt by minority Democrats, members of both parties indicated Friday.

A final vote making the New Jersey jurist the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice is scheduled for Tuesday, hours before President Bush gives his State of the Union address to Congress and the nation.

Democrats and Republicans both said that the 55-year-old conservative jurist will get more than the 60 votes needed to cut off debate on the Senate floor Monday. "Next Tuesday, a bipartisan majority will vote to confirm Judge Alito as Justice Alito," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.
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Alito's supporters already have those commitments, with 52 of the Republicans' 55-member majority and three Democrats Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Ben Nelson of Nebraska already publicly supporting his confirmation as the replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

In addition, Democratic Sens. Kent Conrad of North Dakota, Daniel Akaka of Hawaii, Ken Salazar of Colorado and Byron Dorgan of North Dakota as well as GOP Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine made it clear after a second day of floor debate on Alito that they would not support a filibuster, even though Akaka and Salazar oppose Alito and the others are undecided.
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I find it very interesting Schumer is keeping quiet but Hillary has not.

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