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Thursday, November 17, 2011

23 Pending Nominees, Waiting an Average of 184 Days

There are currently 23 nominees awaiting final votes in the Senate. They've had their hearings, the Judiciary Committee has deliberated, and they were approved by the committee -- most without any opposition at all.

Those nominees have put their lives on hold while the Senate drags its feet. Caitlin Halligan has been waiting over 400 days for a vote. Some nominees, like Christopher Droney of Connecticut, have been nominated to seats that are considered "judicial emergencies" -- and Droney's nomination to the Second Circuit has been pending nearly 200 days.

Abrams
Ronnie
Abrams
(NY)
Bencivegno
Cathy
Bencivegno
(CA)
Brodie
Margo
Brodie
(NY)
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Andrew
Carter
(NY)
Christen
Morgan
Christen
(AK)
Christensen
Dana
Christensen
(MT)
Contreras
Rudolph
Contreras
(DC)
Droney
Christopher
Droney
(2nd CCA)
Du
Miranda
Du
(NV)
Fitzgerald
Michael
Fitzgerald
(CA)
Furman
Jesse
Furman
(NY)
Gerrard
John
Gerrard
(NE)
Gerrard
James
Gilstrap
(TX)
Green
Michael
Green
(NY)
Groh
Gina
Groh
(WV)
Halligan
Caitlin
Halligan
(DC CCA)
Jordan
Adalberto
Jordan
(11th CCA)
Morgan
Susie
Morgan
(LA)
Nuffer
David
Nuffer
(UT)
Phillips
Mary
Phillips
(MO)
Ramos
Edgardo
Ramos
(NY)
Rice
Thomas
Rice
(WA)
Thacker
Stephanie
Thacker
(4th CCA)


It's time for the Senate to do its job and hold votes on these 23 nominees. Click here to send a message to your Senators and the Senate leaders. Tell them that the obstruction and partisan games must end.

Here are the shocking figures:
  • 23 pending nominees
  • 21 with very strong bipartisan support
  • 19 unopposed in committee
  • 8 to fill judicial emergencies
  • And if votes were held today, the nominees' average wait time would be 184 days
Knee-jerk obstruction in the Senate and the slow pace of confirmation votes threaten to make the judicial confirmation rate during President Obama's first term lower than for any president in modern history.

Please send a message to your senators and to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Harry Reid -- tell them to end the backlog and call for a vote on all pending nominees!

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