The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote 13-6 this morning in favor of Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the Supreme Court, with all Democrats and South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham voting "yea." The nomination will then go to the full Senate, which will likely consider it next week.

Tom Coburn, the last Republican on the committee to announce his vote, will join most of his GOP colleagues in opposing her. The Oklahoman on Monday cited many of the same concerns as other Republicans, including her position in the Second Amendment case Maloney v. Cuomo and the way she explained her much-discussed comments from the past, notably her "wise Latina woman" remark. His "nay" vote isn't surprising, considering his critical questioning and focus on similar core GOP issues during the hearing.

The vote is taking place in Hart 216, the same room where the panel held Sotomayor's confirmation hearings. Reporters and Senate staffers started filing in nearly a hour before the 10 a.m. start time. The two most junior members of the panel -- Minnesota Democrat Al Franken and Coburn -- were the first to arrive. Franken was nearly 15 minutes early, while Coburn arrived a few minutes before 10. About 20 minutes into Tuesday's meeting, the only two senators not present were Democrats Charles Schumer of New York and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. Specter was a late arriver at the hearings, as well.

The press gallery's tables are shorter, the camera crews fewer and the emotion lighter than the confirmation hearings, but the room is still full, with several people standing in the back.