The official government shutdown may have ended but the gridlock continues in Washington thanks to Senate Republicans who have now blocked three of three candidates President Barack Obama had nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
...Republicans have dug in out of sheer partisan obstruction under current rules that require 60 votes just to permit discussion of the president’s nominees to the court that considers important challenges to federal laws and regulations. (U.S. District Judge Robert L.) Wilkins’ nomination failed on a vote of 53-38.
Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell, Senate Republican leader, gloated, using his irrelevant opposition to the Affordable Care Act as an excuse.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
End GOP's endless Senate filibusters
From today's Courier-Journal:
