The Briefing Room
General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on October 13, 2017, 02:54:56 pm
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There are currently 149 federal judicial vacancies for the White House to fill, but Mitch McConnell is making Senate rule changes that could speed things up.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made confirming judicial nominees a top priority. He’s taken a series of steps that bypass Democrats’ strategies at slowing the rate of confirmations.
Blue slips, for example, will no longer delay a nominee’s vote and confirmation.
Read more at: http://thefederalistpapers.org/us/mcconnell-changes-senate-rules-speed-judicial-confirmation-process