Senators are now delivering their final statements about the pros and cons of confirming federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

C-SPAN.org is webcasting from inside the Senate chamber.

The voting is scheduled to get going around 3 p.m. ET.

As has been said many times in recent days:

— Sotomayor's confirmation is about as close to certain as you can get. Democrats and their allies control 60 of the Senate's 100 seats. And at least eight Republicans have said they will support Democratic President Barack Obama's nominee.

— If she's confirmed, Sotomayor will be the first Hispanic justice and only the third woman to be on the High Court.

NPR's Audie Cornish notes that it's been more than a decade since a Democratic president had the chance to nominate a Supreme Court justice.

The New York Times today included this headline: "For Puerto Ricans, Sotomayor's Success Stirs Pride." There are several "viewing parties" planned in the city this afternoon in East Harlem.

We'll be back when there's more news to report on the vote.