[maica]

Excuse my poor formatting skills. I have taken this data from the Senate Judiciary Committee web page -

There was no breakdown of what category of judges have been confirmed in that '127' stat.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Total number of President George W. Bush judges confirmed: 127
STATUS OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES Total Nominees
US Circuit Court Judge 25
US District Court Judge 61
USIT Judge 1
TOTAL Status: 87 (Only 27 of this group have been confirmed!!!)
TOTAL Pending (Committee + Floor): 60
IN COMMITTEE HEARING STATUS Hearing Held
US Circuit Court Judge 2
US District Court Judge 5
TOTAL: 7
HEARINGS NOT YET HELD > 48
VACANCIES
US Circuit Court Judge 20
US District Court Judge 24
TOTAL vacancies: 44 5.1%
JUDICIAL EMERGENCIES Vacancies Nominees to fill Vacancies
US Circuit Court Judge 14 14
US District Court Judge 10 10
TOTAL emergencies: 24 24
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Orrin G. Hatch Tuesday, May 27, 2003

[onyx]

Amazing, isn't it? And all old melon-head does is to defer to "his friend Schumer."

[DallasMike]

I'm not sure if I'm smart enough to understand the numbers that you've put out. Is the real record that, yes, the Senate has confirmed 126 of 128 judges that have had hearings, but that there are more than 100 judges whose hearings have been bottled up by the Democrats?

We keep hearing 126 of 128 and the Republicans don't seem to be disputing this. What's the real story?