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Article: SUPREME COURT NOMINEE ALITO ADVANCES ON NARROW JUDICIARY COMMITTEE VOTE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 24, 2006
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People for the American Way issued the following news release:
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito advanced to the full Senate on a 10-8 vote in the Judiciary Committee today. People For the American Way President Ralph G. Neas said the committee's Democratic members "made a compelling case against Alito's confirmation and set an example of leadership for their colleagues."
"Samuel Alito's record is clear, and so is the threat posed by his nomination," said Neas. "Presidential power unchecked by judicial oversight. Congress stripped of its ability to protect our water from polluters. Women denied the right to make the most intimate choices about family and health without government ...