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    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had to file a cloture motion to end the obstruction. "During the 17 months I chaired the Judiciary Committee during President Bush’s first term, we confirmed 100 of his judicial nominees and 185 of his executive nominees referred to the Judiciary Committee ... And yet, 10 months into President’s Obama’s first term, we have confirmed only two of his nominations for circuit and district courts and 40 of the executive nominees that have come through our Committee." With health care and other major legislation the filling up the Senate’s time these days, it’s not clear when the pace of those confirmations will pick up. Full Article at The Washington Independent
    During the 17 months I chaired the Judiciary Committee during President Bush’s first term, we confirmed 100 of his judicial nominees and 185 of his executive nominees referred to the Judiciary Committee ... And yet, 10 months into President’s Obama’s first term, we have confirmed only two of his nominations for circuit and district courts and 40 of the executive nominees that have come through our Committee.
    Patrick Leahy – Patrick Leahy SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
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Johnsen Opposition Mum on Possible Filibuster
  1. When I read in your writings that abortion bans are a violation of the 13th Amendment ban on slavery
    SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
  2. That’s a huge chunk of time when you have a lot to move
    SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
  3. She’s being challenged because she had the temerity to question internally policies of the office supporting the administration’s position on torture, interrogation, and wiretapping
    SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
  4. As I see it, Dawn Johnsen has not demonstrated the seriousness and necessary resolve to address the national security challenges we face
    John Cornyn – John Cornyn SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
  5. They’re about to take up a debate on health care issues.
    SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
  6. We saw the potential importance of OLC during the Bush administration when it was misused and pressured into giving and parotting the kinds of answers that the White House wanted
    SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
  7. All three of those are areas that spoke directly to the integrity and substance of the office.
    SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago
  8. Dawn is caught up in a much larger fight that goes beyond her individual nomination
    SOURCE: The Washington Independent 1 month ago

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