Judiciary votes 13-5 to OK Roberts (VIDEO)

All 10 Republicans plus 3 Democrats, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, Russell Feingold and Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, voted to pass the Roberts nomination to the full Senate.

Senate Judiciary Committee Meeting Regarding Roberts Nomination, FULL STREAMING VIDEO, /Pending Business, Thursday - September 22, 2005 09:30 AM, Washington, D.C.

Yea:
Arlen Specter (R) CHAIRMAN, PENNSYLVANIA
Orrin G. Hatch (R) UTAH
Charles E. Grassley (R) IOWA
Jon Kyl(R) ARIZONA
Mike DeWine (R) OHIO
Jeff Sessions (R) ALABAMA
Lindsey Graham (R) SOUTH CAROLINA
John Cornyn (R) TEXAS
Sam Brownback (R) KANSAS
Tom Coburn (R) OKLAHOMA
Patrick J. Leahy (D) RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, VERMONT
Herbert Kohl (D) WISCONSIN
Russell D. Feingold (D) WISCONSIN

Nea:

Edward M. Kennedy (D) MASSACHUSETTS
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.(D) DELAWARE
Dianne Feinstein (D) CALIFORNIA
Charles E. Schumer (D) NEW YORK
Richard J. Durbin (D) ILLINOIS

Full committee meets to vote on the nomination of John Roberts Jr. to chief justice of the United States and Timothy Flanigan to be deputy attorney general; and to markup S.1088, the "Streamlined Procedures Act of 2005"; the "Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005"; S.751, the "Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act"; S.1326, the "Notification of Risk to Personal Data Act"; S.155, the "Gang Prevention and Effective Deterrence Act of 2005"; S.1086, A Bill to Improve the National Program to Register and Monitor Individuals Who Commit Crimes Against Children or Sex Offenses; S.956, "Jetseta Gage Prevention and Deterrence of Crimes Against Children Act of 2005."

Location: 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202-224-5225

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