Just one Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. joined Democrats to approve Kagan's nomination and send it to the full Senate, where she's expected to win confirmation within weeks.
If Kagan is confirmed by the Senate, which many think she will be, she will succeed retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
At the White House, Obama hailed the vote as a "bipartisan affirmation of her strong performance" in confirmation hearings, and said Kagan would be "a fair and impartial" justice who understands the impact of Supreme Court decisions on everday people's lives. He called on the Senate to confirm her before Congress takes a monthlong summer break starting August 7.
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