NPR: Obama Will Try Again On More Than A Dozen Judicial Nominees (including Liu and Chen)

[usregimechange]

The White House will tomorrow renominate more than a dozen candidates for judicial positions on federal courts, a person familiar with the administration's plans tells NPR.

The Senate failed to vote on the nominees before the last Congressional term expired last month.

In all, the Senate never took an up or down vote on 19 of the Obama administration's judicial nominees, leaving them stranded at the end of the congressional session.

Among those the president will renominate are the most controversial nominees, who include University of California law professor Goodwin Liu and California magistrate judge Edward Chen.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/01/04/132655125/obama-will-try-again-on-more-than-a-dozen-judicial-nominees


:bounce:

[alfredo]

1. Reps will block them again and lose even more of the Asian vote.

[Tx4obama]

2. Watch what happens on January 24th

If the senate votes to get rid of the secret holds and votes on the new rules regarding the filibuster on January 24th then the nominees will have a much better chance to get confirmed when they come up for a full senate vote.

More info here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x540184

And also...

December 17, 2010

Bipartisan Support Building Around Three Changes To Senate Rules In New Congress

Excerpt:

"This is a two-step process," Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), one of the leaders of the effort, told The Huffington Post in an interview after the caucus meeting. "The first step is that we need to recognize that under the Constitution, we can...adopt rules with 51 votes and also cut off debate on rules that we want to adopt with 51 votes. ... The second step is building the consensus with 51 senators on what they want to actually be in the rules. ... And that's the tough business we're in right now."

According to Udall, bipartisan support is beginning to build around three proposals: 1) No longer allowing senators to filibuster the motion to proceed and instead allow a set amount of time for debate, 2) ending secret holds, and 3) stopping filibustering senators from hiding behind quorum calls and forcing them to speak up if they're blocking a bill.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/17/changes-senate-rules-filibuster-transparency_n_798523.html

[usregimechange]

3. Let's hope

[Tx4obama]

4. New article: GOP Leadership Strikes Back At Filibuster Reform: It's A Democratic 'Power Grab'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/04/gop-leadership-strikes-back-filibuster-reform_n_804249.html

[usregimechange]

6. That wasn't what they were calling it when Bush was in office, "nuclear option"

[alfredo]

5. Those are pretty solid changes. I like them. The Reps are

trying to delay the vote because it can only be held on the first day. Of course Reid is not going to end the first day of business. He can keep it active until the MLK holiday recess if he has to.