Klobuchar and Franken vote Kagan out of Judiciary Committee

Posted at 12:44 PM on July 20, 2010 by Tom Scheck
Filed under: U.S. House, U.S. Senate

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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