Timetable puts confirmation on track for August vote.
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan meets Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., on Capitol Hill in Washington, today.WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said his panel will hold confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan starting June 28.
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont said Wednesday the schedule should allow the hearings to be completed before senators go home for a week-long break in early July.
That would put the Senate on track to meet President Barack Obama's timetable of voting on Kagan's confirmation before the Senate's August recess.
Democrats have more than enough votes to confirm Kagan, Obama's choice to succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. Republicans have so far shown little inclination to block the move.
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