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Sessions not inclined to filibuster nominee
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 06, 2009 10:26pm |
| Category | Statement |
| News Date | May 06, 2009 02:00pm |
| Description | The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says he's inclined against using a filibuster to block President Barack Obama's nominee to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter.
Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama said a deal among centrist senators four yours ago that averted filibusters against some of former President George W. Bush's judicial nominees established a "standard" that shouldn't be discarded except in unusual circumstances. Sessions, however, didn't entirely rule out a filibuster.
"I think it should not be often used," he said in an interview Wednesday.
Sessions said that Obama assured him in a brief telephone conversation Tuesday that he was not planning to nominate a "bomb-thrower." The senator said he told Obama that Republicans would treat his nominee with respect and said that "we're not going to misrepresent their record." |
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