Political Quotes

“as I pointed out to my colleagues, the number of vacancies has increased during this term from 43 to 79. We have judicial emergencies in our State and many States around the Nation. So I am going to try a smaller number and see whether we can get agreement on that. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: Calendar No. 307, Xinis; Calendar No. 357, Martinotti; Calendar No. 358, Rossiter; Calendar No. 359, Stanton; that the Senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nominations in the order listed; that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to the nominations; that any related statements be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then resume legislative session. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? The majority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, reserving the right to object. As I indicated a moment ago, the way to measure a President's success in getting judges confirmed is to compare two Presidencies--President Bush, who was in office for 8 years, and President Obama, who will be in office for 8 years--to this point. At this point, President Obama has received 21 more judicial confirmations than President Bush did to this point. So he has been treated very fairly. Therefore, I object.…”