Franken, Klobuchar to cast historic votes on Sotomayor

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Minnesota’s two Democratic senators, Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, joined the Judiciary committee this year (in Franken’s case, this month), and their votes on Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court — scheduled for tomorrow — will be historic: Never before in its 193-year history has the committee had even a single Democrat from Minnesota, let alone two.

Wisconsin is the only other state that now has both senators on the committee. Sens. Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl, also both Democrats, have been serving together since 1995.

In its history, Wisconsin has had only one previous Democrat on the committee.