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Superbelt · 11-14-2003, 06:16 AM

This is further response to "There isn't enough time to get to them all."

http://leahy.senate.gov/images/charts/comparison.htm

They can get to nominees when the Republicans are in charge, by an average factor of 2:1

Republican filibusters of judicial nominees in the past 35 years. These denied the simple up or down vote to these nominees like the Republicans now want for their candidates.
http://leahy.senate.gov/issues/nomin...libusters.html

Please note that 13 of Clinton's nominees were filibustered by Republicans from 1993 to 2000.

11-14-2003, 06:16 AM	#21 (permalink)
Superbelt This vexes me. I am terribly vexed. Location: Grantville, Pa	This is further response to "There isn't enough time to get to them all." http://leahy.senate.gov/images/charts/comparison.htm They can get to nominees when the Republicans are in charge, by an average factor of 2:1 Republican filibusters of judicial nominees in the past 35 years. These denied the simple up or down vote to these nominees like the Republicans now want for their candidates. http://leahy.senate.gov/issues/nomin...libusters.html Please note that 13 of Clinton's nominees were filibustered by Republicans from 1993 to 2000.