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Republicans Are Even Blocking Their Own Nominees Now
Not The Onion!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-republicans-court-nominees_us_56e086abe4b0b25c918090bb
The level of obstruction in the Senate hit a new level of absurdity on Wednesday, as a Democratic effort to confirm a federal judge with strong support from his GOP senators and who unanimously cleared the Judiciary Committee was denied a vote.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) requested on the floor that senators take up and confirm Waverly Crenshaw, a Tennessee district court nominee backed by GOP Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker. She also asked for a vote on one her judicial nominees, Paula Xinis. Both are next in line for votes, based on the order in which nominees reach the floor.
It only takes one senator to object to the so-called unanimous consent request that Mikulski made, and that senator was Republican John Cornyn (Texas). He said decisions about voting to confirm judges should be left to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
"If every senator could come down here and cherry-pick different nominations from the calendar and ask consent that we move to executive session and consider those ... it would result in some chaos," Cornyn said.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) requested on the floor that senators take up and confirm Waverly Crenshaw, a Tennessee district court nominee backed by GOP Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker. She also asked for a vote on one her judicial nominees, Paula Xinis. Both are next in line for votes, based on the order in which nominees reach the floor.
It only takes one senator to object to the so-called unanimous consent request that Mikulski made, and that senator was Republican John Cornyn (Texas). He said decisions about voting to confirm judges should be left to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
"If every senator could come down here and cherry-pick different nominations from the calendar and ask consent that we move to executive session and consider those ... it would result in some chaos," Cornyn said.
