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Related: About this forumOf the EIGHT nominees on the Senate's schedule being debated for confirmation SEVEN are female
http://democrats.senate.gov/2013/12/12/schedule-for-thursday-december-12-2013
Confirmed so far...
Cornelia T.L. Pillard, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
Landya B. McCafferty, of N.H., to be U.S. District Judge
Elizabeth A. Wolford, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge
Patricia M. Wald, of D.C. to be a Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Chai Rachel Feldblum, of D.C., to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm
p.s. AND - Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit - was confirmed December 10th.
p.s. Judicial nominees Susan Watters and Brian Morris haven't had a vote yet.
And also Deborah Lee James, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air Force.
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Of the EIGHT nominees on the Senate's schedule being debated for confirmation SEVEN are female (Original Post)
Tx4obama
Dec 2013
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polichick
(37,152 posts)1. Are any of them liberals?
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)2. Well since Obama nominated them none of them are right-wing extremists...
You'd have to go read up on all of them individually to see how liberal each are.
polichick
(37,152 posts)3. Hope they're not all "centrists." Haven't read up on them yet.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)4. it all depends on who you ask. gender is mostly a binary proposition
political persuasions on the sliding scale of liberal --->moderate--->conservative is a bit harder to assess.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)5. As far as the judicial nominees, Obama has a pretty good record of nominating women and minorities