22 seconds ago 2009-12-11T16:25:45-08:00
So the closed-door part of the Sotomayor hearing was in the building next door, the Dirksen Senate Office Building. Sotomayor and the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee were there to talk about her FBI background check and any private or medical information they need to review.
They actually met in the room (Dirksen 226) where they will convene to decide on the committee vote on Sotomayor -- probably next week, but any senator can ask for a one-week delay in a confirmation vote in committee.
The Dirksen room is much, much smaller than the hearing room in the Hart building. So the only ones allowed inside were senators, their staff, Sotomayor and some of her handlers. One thing we can bet they asked about is her diabetes. Medical questions like that cannot be asked in public, so they had to wait until this private meeting to pose them to her.
-Jesse J. Holland, AP reporter, Supreme Court
