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The United States Senate wrapped up business for the summer yesterday, voting to confirm Judge Sonia Sotomayor, who will become the first Hispanic to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate also approved another $2 billion for the Cash For Clunkers program. The Takeaway’s Washington Correspondent Todd Zwillich is following all of this and more.

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