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Senate Panel Clears Two Judicial Nominees

The Senate Judiciary Committee, voting along party lines, has approved the re-nomination of two judges. The vote sets the stage for a showdown in the Senate over whether Democrats have the right to block some of President Bush's judicial nominees with filibusters.

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