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Wed Nov-12-03 04:59 PM
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- Senate Republicans filibustered hundreds of Clinton nominees in Committee, including 63 judicial nominees and more than 200 executive branch nominees.
- Republicans also filibustered several Clinton nominees on the floor of the Senate, including Richard Paez, Marsha Berzon, Rosemary Barkett, and H. Lee Sarokin.
- Republicans even defeated two of President Clinton’s nominations to short-term appointments, Dr. Henry Foster (nominated to be Surgeon General) and Sam Brown (nominated to be an Ambassador) by staging filibusters on the floor.
- 9 of President Clinton's nominees pended longer than any of President Bush's nominees, including Owen, Pickering, Kuhl and Estrada and never got a floor vote.
- 168 (98%) of Bush's judicial nominees have been confirmed.
- Only 4 (2%) of Bush's judicial nominees have been filibustered.
- 63% (20%) of Clinton's judicial nominees were blocked.
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Wed Nov-12-03 05:02 PM
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Are you sure they filibustered 63 of Clinton's nominees? I don't think they filibustered any...
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