Klobuchar and Franken vote Kagan out of Judiciary Committee
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The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve the nomination of Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Here's DFL Sen. Amy Klobuchar's statement:
"I supported Solicitor General Kagan's nomination in the Judiciary Committee today because I believe she would bring a wide variety of legal experience to the bench - as a manager, as a teacher, as an advisor, as a consensus builder and as a lawyer. And in every job she has had, she has worked very hard and done very well. She has developed a reputation as a person who brings people together despite their ideological differences and has consistently demonstrated the fair approach to the facts and law that we want in a Supreme Court Justice. Having cleared this important hurdle today, I look forward to Solicitor General Kagan's nomination moving to the full Senate where we can have a healthy debate and a timely confirmation."
Here's DFL Sen. Al Franken's statement to the press (and his full statement here):
"I'm going to vote for General Kagan," said Sen. Franken. "Because I think that General Kagan understands the place of the Supreme Court, and its relationship to the executive, to the legislature, and to the American people."
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