Ensign votes Naye on Sotomayor

She was confirmed by a vote of 68 to 31; all of the Democrats voted for her (except for Senator Kennedy, who was not present), and the extra Republican votes came from (what passes for) the GOP’s moderates: Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, George Voinovich of Ohio, Kit Bond of Missouri, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, and Dick Lugar of Indiana, and Mel Martinez of Florida.

The other GOP Senators from states with significant Latin constituencies, all 20% or more of the state population, voted against Sotomayor: John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, Jon Kyl and John McCain of Arizona, and John Ensign of Nevada. [Shakesville]

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