[Cboldt]

Neither the understanding, nor the Constitutional option were about Bush nominations for any other positions.

Only because the only nominations sujected to a refusal to vote were Circuit Court nominees. Frist has said he'd amke 100 Senators go on the record the next time the Senate refuses to vote on a nominee, any nominee. They ALL get a vote.

[GoLightly]

Only because the only nominations sujected to a refusal to vote were Circuit Court nominees.

True...

Frist has said he'd make 100 Senators go on the record the next time the Senate refuses to vote on a nominee, any nominee. They ALL get a vote.

Sounded to me like District Court nominees were no longer going to be tabled at the committee level. Let the Dems use their filibuster to block those too.

I can't remember which one, but during the debate on Owen, some Dem said something on the floor about the GOP's lack of concern for District nominees...