Julie with a B

Wednesday, April 27, 2005
 
Just for the record
WHITE HOUSE PUSHES FLATLY FALSE CLAIM ABOUT JUDGES:
Speaking on Air Force One yesterday, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said, "What has happened in this Senate is unprecedented. There has not been a situation like this, where members of one party have blocked nominees from even receiving an up or down vote on the floor." In fact, there have been many situations like this. In the late 1990s, "more than 50 Clinton nominees were not even granted a hearing by the GOP-led Judiciary Committee." Overall, "35 percent of Clinton's appeals court nominees were blocked without a vote while the GOP controlled the Senate from 1995 to 2000." In contrast, Congress has approved more than 95 percent of President Bush's judicial nominees.

h/t Wills4223

- posted by JulieB @ 2:22 PM
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