The GOP successfully propelled the judicial nomination of Miguel Estrada out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, headed to a full Senate vote. "The committee sent Estrada's nomination for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to the full Senate on a 10-9 vote. All Republicans voted for Estrada and all Democrats opposed the nomination."

If confirmed, Estrada will sit on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Speculation has it that Bush wants Estrada on the U.S. Supreme Court.

The vote could come as early as tomorrow. "Republicans...hold a two-vote advantage in the Senate, where a filibuster is the only likely option for Democrats to stop a presidential nominee. "It'll be an intensive debate and they'll fight against him, but I think in the end we'll be able to get Miguel out," said the committee chairman, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah."

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