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DonViejo

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Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:57 PM Dec 2018

Democrats to Block End-of-Year Judges Package


December 19, 2018 at 12:49 pm EST By Taegan Goddard

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), “facing pressure from left wing groups, will not agree to a customary year-end package of judicial nominees,” The Hill reports.

“Schumer and his Democratic colleagues are in no mood to agree to a year-end deal after a federal judge in Texas struck down the entire Affordable Care Act last week, including protections for people with pre-existing conditions. ”

“Senate Democrats are also furious at Republicans for not respecting the Senate’s blue-slip tradition, which gives both senators from a judicial nominee’s home state power to hold up his or her nomination.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/12/19/democrats-to-block-end-of-year-judges-package/
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