Roberts Committee Debate/Vote

The Judiciary Committee is meeting now (you can get a live feed of the hearings on C-SPAN3) for final discussion and a vote on the Roberts confirmation. Senator Feinstein just announced that she will vote no. I'll update as events warrant.

[Update: A few other vote announcements, none unexpected. Ayes: Specter, Hatch, Leahy, Kyl, Grassley. Noes: Kennedy, Feinstein, Biden. They're still talkin'. -- 11:09 a.m.]

[Update: Some more: Session and DeWine will vote yes, and Herb Kohl of Wisconsin just became the second Committee Democrat to say he'll support Roberts. -- 11:31 a.m.]

[Update: Pretty big surprise here, Russ Feingold (D-WI) will vote to approve Roberts' confirmation. Wow, and impressive. -- 11:37 a.m.]

[Update: We're getting closer. Graham and Cornyn will vote yes, Schumer will vote no. The tally thus far is 11-4, with three senators left to speak (Coburn, Brownback, Durbin). -- 12:17 p.m.]

[Update: Durbin says no. Assuming Brownback and Coburn vote yes (a presumably fair assumption) the tally for confirmation will be 13-5 on the Committee, with three of eight Democrats voting yes. -- 12:39 p.m.]

[Update: The vote going as expected, 13-5. I learn from CNN that is the exact same tally that sent the confirmation of William Rehnquist as Chief Justice to the Senate floor back in 1986. -- 12:51 p.m.]