Senate floor time and the Judiciary Committee’s agenda has only so much room during this session. There are 5 circuit judges and 12 district judges awaiting confirmation. as well as 12 more awaiting hearings and/or committee votes. And those 29 are only the ones already in the pipeline.
These confirmations, and at best a few additional on…
Senate floor time and the Judiciary Committee’s agenda has only so much room during this session. There are 5 circuit judges and 12 district judges awaiting confirmation. as well as 12 more awaiting hearings and/or committee votes. And those 29 are only the ones already in the pipeline.
These confirmations, and at best a few additional ones, is all there is time for.
You might be able to walk and chew gum at the same time – but that is not the way of the Senate.
Agree. One circuit judge is to have a confirmation vote on Monday. The rest are pending in Senate. There is a time issue in that I believe it takes a day or two longer to bring a circuit judge to a vote than a district court judge.
I don’t know Senate rules, but I don’t understand why Schumer doesn’t file many more clotures: 5 or 10 at a time. He ought to also consider keeping the Senate working longer hours, Fridays or even weekends. And each vote doesn’t need to take an hour.
Schumer needs to bring those judges over the goal line!
Senate floor time and the Judiciary Committee’s agenda has only so much room during this session. There are 5 circuit judges and 12 district judges awaiting confirmation. as well as 12 more awaiting hearings and/or committee votes. And those 29 are only the ones already in the pipeline.
These confirmations, and at best a few additional ones, is all there is time for.
You might be able to walk and chew gum at the same time – but that is not the way of the Senate.
Especially those 5 circuit judges - there’s no bigger priority right now than getting them over the line
Agree. One circuit judge is to have a confirmation vote on Monday. The rest are pending in Senate. There is a time issue in that I believe it takes a day or two longer to bring a circuit judge to a vote than a district court judge.
I don’t know Senate rules, but I don’t understand why Schumer doesn’t file many more clotures: 5 or 10 at a time. He ought to also consider keeping the Senate working longer hours, Fridays or even weekends. And each vote doesn’t need to take an hour.
Schumer needs to bring those judges over the goal line!