O’Connor expected to get confirmation

Full Senate action slated on floor on Wednesday WASHINGTON (AP) – From her first moment in the congressional spotlight to her final day of testimony, Sandra Day O’Connor quickly disarmed her conservative opposition and set the stage for this week’s Senate vote on her Supreme Court nomination. As a result, Mrs. O’Connor, chosen by President Reagan to become the first woman on the high court, is likely to be confirmed with barely a ripple of opposition. Admittedly, a strong feeling in Congress that it is time to end 191 years of all-male domination of the high court is giving Mrs. O’Connor’s nomination an added boost. Support for the nomination also has crossed party lines. “I have finally found an issue on which I can agree with Sen. (Barry) Goldwater,” said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., a member of the Judiciary Committee. Goldwater, RAriz., is an avid supporter of Mrs. O’Connor, an Arizona appeals court judge. A vote is scheduled Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary Committee with confirmation in the full Senate likely the next day. Congress also was expected this week to receive President Reagan’s latest rounds of budget cuts, including a proposal to cut $13 billion from the defense budget . The Senate planned to vote on a new attempt to break a liberal-led filibuster against a ban on school busing, while the House was scheduled to consider legislation that would increase military pay scales. The strongest challenges to Mrs. O’Connor’s nomination came almost exclusively from