Political Quotes

“another glaring deficiency is we are certainly ready to help Republicans fulfill their constitutional obligations to give due consideration to President Obama's judicial nominations and other nominations. The Constitution gives the Senate the job to give its advice and consent to the President's nominations to the judiciary. So far, the Republican leader and his party are failing catastrophically. They are intent on delaying important confirmations, even in the face of increasing judicial emergencies all over this country. Today marks the 182nd day of the 114th Congress. Yet today will be our first circuit court nomination. That means for almost 7 months, the Republican Senate has not confirmed a single appellate court judge, but today we are going to finally consider one, and that is important. We will be hopefully confirming the first Latina on the Federal Circuit. Kara Farnandez Stoll is well qualified by every measure. Her nomination was reported out of the Judiciary Committee months ago. Yet no Republican can explain why she has waited this long to have a vote. It is all part of a disturbing trend, I am sorry to say, of neglecting constitutional duties. According to the Congressional Research Service, the new Republican Senate has doubled the average time for the confirmation of the first circuit judge for any President in the modern era. The new Republican Senate is once again making history but for all the wrong reasons.…”