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Originally Posted by kane
this whole thing is just a big mess waiting to happen. First off bush has put up 218 judges for appointment. 208 of them have been approved. 10 were not. After his reelection he put those same 10 back up and they were again stopped. By comparison the reubs blocked about 60 of clintons nominees.
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Not just blocked. They held off on even having hearings or votes on some of Clinton's nominations in the hope a Republican president would be elected in 2000 and those positions sat vacant until GWB was elected.