Political Quotes

“as the year draws to an end, Republicans are doing high fives and celebrating as if they hit a home run when they haven't even singled. Republicans are seeing a distorted image of reality. All their talk of productivity and progress overlooks many facts and ignores their constitutional duty to provide advice and consent on President Obama's nominations--any President's nominations. Republicans are balking at fulfilling their constitutional role. The job of Congress is to pass laws and to confirm nominations. By that measure, this Congress has been the least productive ever. The total number of bills passed and nominations confirmed this Congress is lower than any Congress in decades. This Republican majority has confirmed fewer nominations than any Congress in decades. Because of Republicans' obstruction, qualified nominees are prevented from serving the American people. Yesterday the Senate skipped over the confirmation of Judge Luis Felipe Restrepo and confirmed just the 11th judge this session. There are 18 more judicial emergencies than when the Republicans took control of the Senate. What is a judicial emergency? It means they have more work than the judge can do. Instead of making progress in judicial backlogs across the Nation, we are falling even further behind and creating more emergencies. One of those judicial emergencies is Judge Restrepo.…”