Political Quotes

“To be more specific about these matters, let's take circuit court judicial confirmations in President Obama's first term. According to our research, the average time for President Obama's nominees was 240 days. That is faster than President George W. Bush, 277 days from nomination to confirmation. So circuit court judicial confirmations which are usually the subject of great interest around here, President Obama treated better than President George W. Bush, slightly better. First-term district court nominees. The Obama average time, 221 days is slower than George W. Bush, 156 days from nomination to confirmation. That is why in January of 2013 we changed the Senate rules to speed this up. Apparently, that is working. Last time I checked, during this year, the beginning of President Obama's second term, he has to date had 13 judges confirmed. President Bush, in this same period of time in his second term, had one judge confirmed. Second-term Cabinet confirmations. The average time of President Obama's nominees is 46 days. That is faster than George W. Bush, 55 days, and faster than Bill Clinton, 68 days from announcement to confirmation. I mentioned the Washington Post article which said--it was published March 18, 2013. It says: He has announced eight nominees and still has four more cabinet or cabinet-ranked jobs to fill. By contrast, George W. Bush had made 11 nominations by this time in his second term--nine of which he made in the six weeks after reelection.…”