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Originally Posted by FunForOne
Clinton?s eight-year appellate confirmation rate was 74%, in addition to getting two liberals confirmed to the Supreme Court.
He was able to have 377 of his nominees confirmed?five short of the all-time record. He lost one floor vote for a nominee to the district court. And when the Senate adjourned for the last time under his presidency, there were only 67 vacancies and only 41 nominations expired without action. Overall, that is a good record.
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All very true. And another myth being perpitrated on this thread is that republicans used fillibusters to block nomination votes.....as a matter of fact, those nominations never got out of commitee.
This is the first time in 214 years that fillibusters have been used to block votes on judicial nominees.
The fact is that the Dems were so used to having control of congress for so many decades that they are now freaking out. They were ALWAYS the majority party since WWII, and when they finally lost it, they had Clinton. Because of that, they are now pulling out all the stops to block ANYTHING that the republican majority do. It's rather like spoiled children that are too used to getting their own way.
The funny thing is that Dems have no problem saying that the consitution is "lving and breathing" and can change with the times, but senatorial rules are absolute???
*sigh*