Senate Ends Debate On Hamilton, Could Vote To Confirm This Week

[The Pope]

The Senate on Tuesday voted 70-29 to allow debate on federal appeals court nominee David Hamilton, ending a GOP filibuster and setting up a final confirmation vote that could occur this week, Roll Call reports (Brady, Roll Call, 11/17). Hamilton's confirmation has been stalled since June, when the Senate Judiciary Committee gave him a favorable recommendation to the Senate, the

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