Gorsuch's Supreme Court bid survives Judiciary Committee vote, but hurtles toward a filibuster

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday agreed along party lines to move Judge Neil Gorsuch's Supreme Court nomination to the full chamber, but Democrats look to have the votes necessary to prompt a fight over the filibuster. "Judge Gorsuch is eminently qualified," Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley said at Monday's hearing. "This nominee we're voting on today is a judge's judge. He's a picture of the kind of justice we should have on the Supreme Court." -- More...