Senate
Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) spoke on the Senate floor on Tuesday
(January 22) about the dangerous obstruction of federal circuit court nominees.
“[W]e can’t confirm judges if they don’t get hearings. And since last summer, Democrats have allowed
only one hearing on a circuit court nominee.
Compare that with Senate Republicans in 1999, who held more hearings on
President Clinton’s nominees in the fall of that year alone than Democrats
allowed this president all last year.
This pattern is neither fair nor acceptable.”
…
“[W]e’re not on pace to keep up with historical
precedent. The historical average for circuit
court confirmations in the last Congress of a divided government is 17. President Clinton — who had the second most
judicial confirmations in history, despite having to deal with a Republican
Senate almost his entire time in office — had 15 circuit court confirmations in
his last Congress.”
To read
Sen. McConnell’s full statement click here. To see a helpful graphic/chart AdvanceUSA has
produced to illustrate the outrageous judicial obstruction click here or visit
the pro-justice page.
HT: The
Committee for Justice