The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send Bill Pryor’s nomination to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to the Senate floor this afternoon. The final vote was 10 to 9 — 10 Republicans voting for him and 9 Dems voting against him.
Specter, the “undecided” vote, joined with the Republicans today, but refused to say if he’d vote for Pryor when a vote is held on the Senate floor.
In a clever, last-minute move, committee Dems called for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to recuse himself from the vote because Cornyn was involved in the same questionable fundraising controversy as Pryor. Predictably, however, Cornyn refused to do so.
Expect a filibuster.