WASHINGTON -- The Senate's top Republican says it's "way too early to know" whether his party will try to block a vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation.
Kentucky Republican Mitch McConnell says he thinks using Senate rules to try to stop judges is a "bad idea," but that it's still a tool that "may or may not be employed at some point."
Other senior GOP senators have said they don't foresee using the tactics.
Democrats have more than enough votes to confirm Sotomayor but are one short of the 60 it would take to overcome a Republican filibuster.
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