Reid plans to hold extra sessions to move stalled judicial nominees

[babylonsister]

Reid plans to hold extra sessions to move stalled judicial nominees
By Alexander Bolton - 04/13/10 12:04 PM ET


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is planning to hold sessions late into the night and on weekends to pressure Republicans to begin clearing a backlog of judicial nominees.

Democrats criticized Republican holds on nominees at a press conference Tuesday, saying that 22 of President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees are stalled on the Senate floor, even though many of them have passed through the Judiciary Committee with strong bipartisan support.

The nominees have languished as Democratic leaders have focused on passing healthcare reform and jobs legislation, letting Republican filibusters of judicial nominees go largely unchallenged, the senators noted.

Obama’s judicial nominees have waited an average of nearly 120 days between approval by the Judiciary panel and consideration on the Senate floor.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) is pressing Reid to keep Republicans on the Senate floor late into the night to pressure them to allow up-or-down votes on the nominees.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/91881-reid-to-hold-extra-sessions-to-move-judicial-nominees

[napi21]

1. Good! It's aout time they actually WORKED for their $$!

I'd like to see them all at LEAST work a 5 day week instead of a 3 and 1/2.

[Enrique]

2. a tip for enduring Harry Reid as majority leader

pay attention to what he does rather than what he says he's going to do.

[PopSixSquish]

3. "We've Secretly Replaced the Senate Majority Leader with Nancy Pelosi in a Harry Reid Suit"

Let's see what happens...

Seriously though, I have my share of complaints about him, but every so often, Harry comes through...

[babylonsister]

4. Ha! Wouldn't that be lovely? Maybe Harry feels he has nothing to

lose. He's not doing great in NV. Maybe it's time to stir the pot. A girl can dream (that Harry would emulate Nancy!).

[SpartanDem]

5. Long overdue