Senate GOP blocks popular judicial nominee, halts confirmations
WASHINGTON (MCT) — The Senate was unable to break the election-year blockade of judicial nominees Monday as Republicans filibustered one of President Barack Obama’s popular picks for appellate court in Oklahoma, all but ensuring no further such confirmations will be made by this Congress.
The filibuster showed that neither bipartisan support for nominees nor the shortage of judges in the nation’s legal system would prevent the partisan fighting that is defining the countdown to the November election.
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