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Posted on 05/07/2018 12:44:46 PM PDT by jazusamo
The Senate is preparing to confirm six of President Trump’s federal appeals court judges this week, including a pick that doesn’t have support from one of his home-state senators and has been Mr. Trump’s longest-pending federal appeals court nominee.
Michael B. Brennan, who was tapped for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, was nominated more than 246 days ago.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, has placed him on the chamber’s agenda for a confirmation vote this week after the Senate Judiciary Committee cleared Mr. Brennan by a party-line vote.
Mr. Brennan is one of six appeals court nominations the Senate is expected to vote on this week, as the GOP tries to fill the courts with Trump picks.
Democrats have objected to the pace of nominations, but take particular exception to Mr. Brennan, after Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin Democrat, withheld her “blue slip,” signifying she opposes his nomination.
The blue-slip tradition is a vestige of senatorial courtesy, giving home-state senators a chance to weigh in on judicial nominees from their states. Under the tradition, some chairman had declined to move forward with nominees unless both senators from a state returned their slips, signaling consent.
But Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican, has gone another direction, saying blue slips are important but not dispositive.
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Did they get rid of that 30 hour rule yet.....?...../crickets.
McConnell is still proceeding at a snail’s pace on Trump’s nominees.
He needs to implement the Rules change (approved by the Senate Rules Committee) that reduces floor debate from 30 hours per nominee to 2 hours for District Court nominees and 6 hours for Appeals Court nominees.
Maybe he’s too busy looking out for China’s interests to bother with the rule change?
Just 246 days...
Glad to see you’re right on top of this Mitch. Why if you weren’t there we may have had to wait 60 days for an up or down vote.
I read yesterday that Murkowski and Collins are against the rules change in an article at the leftist Hill, no surprise there.
Mitch should/should have been thinking retirement long ago.
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I read yesterday that Murkowski and Collins are against the rules change.
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Doesn’t surprise me — a real pair of patriots there.
Even though it has been slow, his numbers are historic. He has put more judges on the court during the last 18 months then any other Senate in the history of the Republic. I’d like more to, but he is doing well historically.
NEVER accept MEDIOCRITY!
Good point!
Yes, I agree.
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