On the recordMay 7, 2010
I have an appointment with the gentleman to have a discussion. Mrs. McCASKILL. We have now gone through the entire list, with the exception of about 10 judicial nominees on whom Senator Whitehouse will be making the requests. I was hopeful that this week we would know who is holding those folks. We still do not know. If I might make a suggestion, I am not confident it will be accepted, but if the leadership of the Republican caucus wants to hold these nominees, Senator McConnell can put his name on all of them. Then the people of America will know Senator McConnell is holding them and they will see him as the leader of the Republicans and they can judge accordingly. But if Senator McConnell does not have objections to them and is not willing to put his name on them, then the people who have the objections should put their names on the holds. We are going to break this bad habit. I do want to make a note that there were four judges I made requests on who inadvertently got on the list. They have been confirmed. We will provide for the record those four names so they can be appropriately noted. So instead of doing 69 today, we are only doing 65. I thank the Senate for its indulgence. I thank Senator Coburn for remaining on the Senate floor. As I said, Senator Whitehouse will be back to make a few more motions. Let's break a bad habit that the people of this country do not agree with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.
