Sotomayor Moves Closer to Approval ; Gop Leaders Promise Quick Vote for Confirmation

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WASHINGTON - Sonia Sotomayor sped toward confirmation as the first Hispanic justice Thursday, encouraged by Republican promises of a quick vote and cheered on by a Democratic senator's challenge to take on the U.S. Supreme Court's conservative wing when she arrives.

"Battle out the ideas that you believe in, because I have a strong hunch that they are closer to the ones that I would like to see adopted by the court," Sen. Arlen Specter, a Republican turned Democrat, told Judge Sotomayor.

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Sotomayor Moves Closer to Approval ; Gop Leaders Promise Quick Vote for Confirmation

Even two of her Republican critics called the 55-year-old appeals court judge's rulings "mainstream" - noteworthy concessions for President Obama's first...

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