Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked an attempt to confirm 17 nominees for federal judgeships...

[Tx4obama]

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked an attempt to confirm 17 nominees for federal judgeships, including one from Tulsa.

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... Republicans have been blocking votes on judicial nominees for several weeks, hoping Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will win the election and replace President Barack Obama's pending judicial nominees with his own.

Democrats have done the same thing in previous election years, though Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday they had not blocked district court nominees.

Reid tried Thursday to confirm 17 pending district court nominees by unanimous consent, a fast-track process in which there is no roll call vote.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Obama's first term may end with more judicial vacancies than when it began.

Full two page article here: http://newsok.com/republicans-block-tulsa-judicial-nominee-as-senators-point-fingers-over-inaction/article/3711539

[elleng]

1. They are BRINGING THE ENTIRE U.S. GOVERNMENT TO A STOP!

These are TRIAL COURT positions!

KICK THE B******S OUT!

[Angry Dragon]

2. TRAITORS