mr. graham. mr. graham. >> i. >> mr. grassley. no. mr. gregg. i. mrs. hagan. >> i. >> mr. harkin. mr. hatch. no. mrs. hutchinson. mr. inhoff. mr. knowway. i. mr. isaacson. no. mr. johan. no. mr. johnson. >> i. >> mr. johnson. i. mr. kaufman. mr. kaufman. i. mr. kennedy. mr. kerry. mr. kerry. i. mrs. klobuchar. >> the one that might be used in campaign commercials a year from now might be when senator john mccain, who has a hispanic population of almost 30%, to vote no. that will excite democrats, but again, a fascinating process we're seeing unfolding. again, it's so rare for us to see all senators sitting there quietly, one at a time going through this audible role call. >> there's no way that anyone should minimize this historic moment on the senate floor that we are watching as the full chamber, as you pointed out, voting on the nomination of judge sotomayor. again, judge sotomayor is on her way to becoming the first hispanic on the nation's top court. joining us to talk about the significance not only as a female, but as what many have called a moderate judge on this panel. dan ab

mr. graham. >> aye. >> mr. grassley. >> no. >> mr. gregg. >> aye. >> mrs. hagan. >> aye. >> mr. hatch. >> no. >> mrs. hutchison. mr. inhofe. mr. johnson. mr. kaufman. >> aye. >> mr. kennedy. >> aye. >> mr. kerry. >> aye. >> mr. kohcole. >> aye. >> mr. kyl. >> no. >> mr. lautenberg. >> aye. >> mr. leahy. >> aye. >> mr. levin. >> aye. >> mr. lieberman. >> aye. >> mrs. lincoln. >> aye. >> mr. lugar. >> aye. >> mr. martinez. >> aye. >> mr. mccain. >> no. >> mrs. ms. ccaskill. >> aye. >> mr. mcconnell. >> no. >> mr. menendez. >> aye. >> mr. bmerkley. >> aye. >> ms. mikulski. >> aye. >> mr. nelson of nebraska. shepard: judge sonia sotomayor has just been confirmed as the next supreme court justice of the united states. it takes 50 to confirm her and she is now confirmed. history has just been made in the united states. the first latina to sit on the supreme court. the fastest growing minority population in america, which at some point will continue to grow and be a very, very powerful voting block. judge sonia sotomayor, the young woman from the bronx, n.y., who paid her way and earne

mr. graham. >> aye. >> no by proxy. >> no by proxy. >> aye. >> 13 >> if you would like to learn more about sonia sotomayor, go to our website at c-span.org. join us next week for "america and the courts" saturday evenings 7:00 p.m. eastern on c- span. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> transportation secretary ray lahood is our guest on sunday on "newsmakers" at 10:00 a.m. eastern live on c-span. >> the declaration of independence was signed. q&a on sunday, author bruce chadwick on "i am murder" which shocked the whole nation. >> how is c-span funded? >> i have no clue. >> government grants. >> donations. >> advertising for products. >> public money i am sure. >> how is c-span funded? america's cable companies created c-span as a public service, no government mandate or money. >> you are watching c-span, created for you as a public service by america's cable companies. up next, remarks on a president obama's health care proposal. and then a portrait unveiling in the u.s. capitol. and after that, former preside

i'm talking about rick warren, joel osteen, frankly graham, and mr. dobson. mr. dobson, you're in retirement, you can come out of retimplt for this one. people will listen to you. these christians leaders need to get engaged and support a christian president on the public option in providing health care for all americans. isn't it the christian thing to do? their silence is deafening. when jesus walked the face of the earth, he was feeding the hungry, clothing the poor and healing the sick. he didn't ask anybody for their health insurance card, and he didn't heal anybody for profit. yet we hear nothing from the christian leadership in this country on health care reform and the moral obligation we face as a nation to address this issue. this piece of audio from the arlen specter town hall meeting really struck me earlier this week. >> one day god's going to stand before you, and he's going to judge you, and the rest of your damn cronies up on the hill. and then you will get your just desserts. >> so what's the makeup of these crowds? well, trust christian leaders

mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator graham. senator schumer. >> thank you for the judicious way you have conducted these hearings. and that want to say to senator sessions, i thought her -- his questions were short but fair. i want to thank senator graham, moving an important speech that he just gave in favor of her nomination. mr. chairman, i am sorry to be coming and going, we have a democratic meeting of the finance committee to try to tie things down so i apologize to my colleague for that. mr. chairman, i am proud to cast my vote today in favor of the confirmation of judge sonia sotomayor. this is a historic day for america. americans are familiar with the inspiring story that brought judge sonia sotomayor from a bronx housing project through a prestigious legal education and to a nomination to the highest courts in the land. it is a great american story. it will inspire americans everywhere, americans of all races and creeds and colors, to reach further and aim higher. for that, the country is already better off. judge so

but as senator lindsey graham signatured back in june, mr.as governor should not be judged on how he conducts state business, instead of how he handles things with the mrs. >> i think if mark can reconcile with jenny, and that's not going to be easy, that he can finish his last 18 months, he's had a good reform agenda, and i do believe that if he can reconcile with his family and if he's willing to try, that the people of south carolina would be willing to give him a second chance. >> jenny is your nickname for all of the voters of the state, forget it. on friday, jenny moved out of the governor's mansion. she and the kids will now reside at the family's ocean front cottage for the duration of the school year no doubt to get closer to the governor's barber. >> about an ex-governor. when sarah palin dials back her own rhetoric, you know how sane it was. death panels you say? too late, we say. special comment ahead. >>> and the man who now devotes half his air time to comparing the current information to nazis pauses briefly to blame the speake

mr. chairman and senator graham for your work on this. i'm just kind of a tag on here. i have a few questions. admira hutso following up from what he said,e made some comments. and then the nation that you just gave you indicated you had -- you supported the concept that would have had certain people on it. i'm just trying to find out the difference from then to now so i understand tt i have another follow up for you. >> i think the difference is time. we can't walk that cat back. we've tried this twice. it's bn roundly criticized. and i very much admire the w that the committee has done with this proposed legislation. >> what do we get out at the other end of the process? and i have to say that i've come to believe -- i changed my mind. i've come to believ that the federal courts have demonstrated over the years their ability to do this. and that -- i would to repeat myself quickly. i worry about the criticism that it's going it bring on the military that we're asking the military to try to be the organization responsible for prosecuting the worst criminals among the w

mr. chairman, thank you. senator mccain and graham have worked hard.i have to note can you imagine a lot of other countries in the -- here we have the best of the american tradition deciding something as important as this. i was a member of the armed forces committee in the house for four years. i voted for legislation identical to the bill being proposed by this committee in the year 2006. i thought it struck a balance between military necessity and basic due process. that bill didn't past. and i voted against the military commissions act that we're looking at tod. this ishe bill psed. the prosecution of terrorists with new untested legal armed that didn't require the requirements of the hamden provision, i thought it might endanger our service members. but it might undermine the basic standards of u.s. law. it departed from a body by our troops. given that, i'm glad here here today to visit this important legislation. i might turn to you, i was a member of the task almost three years ago when you testified about the importance of reciprocity. and i w

with respect to classified information, i think, especially with the graham-mccain amendment, which mr. johnson mentioned in his system which is quite similar to cipa, the classified information procedures act, it is a challenge. you can have situation where is you risk compromising sources and methods. there are ways around that and cipa is the main vehicle for dealing with those kinds of issues, but in a way, i think you point out the larger question here, which is that prosecution itself, whether in a military commission or in an article three court is one way, but only one way. and not always the best way to protect national security. we're focused on protection of national security. we're tie try fog use all the lawful tools to achieve that protection including but not limited to prosecution. >> my time is up. >> thank you very much. senator durbin? >> senator kyl is right. we have this ongoing debate that continues. i would say as far as the presumption is concerned, i think the figures speak for themselves. the fact that over the seven years we had three who were tried before mi

an argentinean soulmate, it was senator lindsey graham who said as long as he reconciled with his family, sanford could finish his term as governor. mrsard since moved out. now it's up to the governor to save their marriage. quote, the person i married was centered on a core of morals. the person who did this was not centered on those morals. our number one story, jenny sanford turns up the heat as the governor leans towards lame duck to cooked goose. how do you solve a problem like maria and her husband's obsession with her? by appearing in the current issue of "vogue." in candid detail, she is willing to forgive her husband's affair and open to reconciliation, but the ball is in his court. over the year of pastoral and marriage counseling, it became clear to me he was just obsessed of going to see this woman. i have learned these affairs are almost like an addiction to alcohol or pornography. they just can't break away from them. turns out the governor is not the only one with the desire to hike the old appalachian trail. everybody would like an escape sometimes, she says. i like somebody 5,000 miles way i can e-mail. it's not exclu

mr. chairman. >> thank you. senator kyl is required to be elsewhere. he will be approximately able to vote when the time comes. so next, senator graham. >> i would like to add my compliments to you and senator sessions for conducting the hearings, whatever shortcomings they might have. i and you did a good job getting us a chance to ask, and senator sessions did a good job being a part of the opposition. i come to this differently, and you can tell with my vote. i'm going to vote for the nominee. i cannot disassociate myself, being second term senator, from what almost happened a few years ago. i enjoy politics, and it has been an honor to represent south carolina and be able to have a say about things that matter in the country in a political forum. i enjoy traveling all across the country to help center mccain. in that endeavor -- people have things they do not feel good about, and i did not feel good about the election that we lost. i feel good about the country. i feel really good about the country, and about judge sotomayor. what i'm trying to do is to recognize that we can person close -- came perilously close to damaging an in

much, senator graham, for all the energy and effort and experience that you've put into this effort. it's been invaluable. senator begich. >> senatorthank you very much, and thank you mr. chairman and senator graham for your work on this and i'm kind of a tag-on here. i just have some clarification questions. admiral hutson, i'm falling on from what senator graham said, you made comments in '06 with regard to the commsion and concept of a commission with some but that's the way life is, and i ink the dod has withstood criticism on many fronts over the decades, and i'm not too worried about that. that shouldn't be a reason why we design policy about if you're going to get criticized or not. but do you then believe that all detainees should go through the federal court system and there should be no commission of this kind or any element of this? and i say of this. of this situation that we're in now, or any future situation in conflict? >> i was gratified when i heard jay johnson say that -- although not everybody was, but that there was an administration preference for article three courts. i would not sugst -- i'm not saying that i can't conceive of a situation in whi