Joseph Greenaway has become the 15th Obama judicial nominee to win Senate confirmation. His nomination was cleared by the Senate judiciary committee in October, after being nominated last June, but Republican resistance to Obama’s nominees has stalled final confirmation. There have been no objections to Greenaway from either side of the aisle on competence or ideology [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 18, 2009
The Senate voted on a cloture motion yesterday, ending debate on the appointment of Judge David Hamilton to the 7th Circuit. An up or down confirmation vote will happen in the next day or two, and will likely succeed. Although Hamilton was President Obama’s first judicial nominee, he has not yet been confirmed and Senator [...]
Continue reading...Monday, December 15, 2008
While no one expects the Senate to vote down the confirmation of Covington & Burling partner Eric H. Holder Jr. as the nation’s next attorney general. But key Republican lawmakers are signalling that they do not intend to make it easy. From Legal Times: While congressional leaders negotiated behind closed doors over proposed loans to Detroit automakers, several Republicans [...]
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