Harry Reid: “I do say, that for people to lament that the process is broken regarding judges is simply without foundation or fact.…”

“I do say, that for people to lament that the process is broken regarding judges is simply without foundation or fact. Mr. President, 124 judges have been approved for President Bush-- 124. Two have been held up. The number of cloture motions that have been filed, for those of us who have served in the Senate for some time, is somewhat meaningless. The reason you continually file new cloture motions is if there is a change in the vote. And for Priscilla Owen and Miguel Estrada, there has not been a single vote change--not one. They are all the same. So filing those cloture motions is just for show; it has no basis in substance. Now, I do say to the leader that I think this is being approached in a proper fashion. I think that to go to seek a rules change is the way it should be done. If you don't like what is going on here, try to change a rule.”