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Why Does The GOP Have A Problem With These People? (Article with PHOTOS)
Why Does The GOP Have A Problem With These People?
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans filibustered another one of President Barack Obama's nominees on Tuesday: Nina Pillard, a Georgetown University law professor and a noncontroversial nominee to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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The Huffington Post crunched some data and found that, as of Tuesday, 13 judicial nominees have been returned to Obama and were not renominated or withdrew their nominations, four judicial nominees aren't moving because GOP senators won't let them advance in the Senate Judiciary Committee, and three other nominees (two judicial, one executive) were recently filibustered for reasons that had nothing to do with their qualifications.
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Full article with photos/caption summaries: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/13/obama-judicial-nominees_n_4255062.html
Note: There are two categories in the photo part of the article...
NOMINEES CURRENTLY BEING BLOCKED
NOMINEES RETURNED AND NOT RE-NOMINATED, OR WITHDRAWN
