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Mitch McConnell Says Obama's Circuit Court Nominees Won't Be Confirmed Anymore
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jun 05, 2015 03:30pm |
| Category | General |
| News Date | Jun 04, 2015 09:05pm |
| Description | Senate Republicans have been slow-walking President Barack Obama's judicial nominees all year. It looks like things are about to get even less productive.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that he doesn't expect to confirm any of Obama's circuit court nominees for the remainder of his time in office, a blow to White House efforts to fill empty federal court seats despite working with a Republican-controlled Senate.
Judicial confirmations have already been moving at a snail's pace this year. Republicans have only confirmed four district court nominees and no circuit court nominees.
For some context: President George W. Bush had to work with a Democratic Senate in his final two years in office. By this point in Bush's seventh year, the Senate had confirmed 15 of his district court nominees and three circuit court nominees. |
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