Well, whaddaya know?
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30F16FF345C0C7A8CDDAA0894D8404482&incamp=archive:search
EDITORIAL DESK | March 9, 2000, Thursday
Ending a Judicial Blockade
(NYT) Editorial 350 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 28 , Column 1
ABSTRACT - Editorial says Senate will hold confirmation votes that would end egregious stalling by Republicans that has blocked consideration of two worthy nominees for United States Court of Appeals for Ninth Circuit, Richard Paez and Marsha Berzon; says Senate should then vote on 35 other pending judicial nominations; scores those in Senate who wage ideological warfare and procrastinate in hope that new president might submit other nominees
The pubbies made Paez wait for four years for an up or down vote from a quick glance. Payback is a mofo, although some dems swore that they would permit up or down votes on the Senate floor if the shoe was on the other foot.
I don't know how the bent one ever got at pass as being a moderate. Just about all of his appointees were far left wingers.
I have found entire Times articles on the web with google after getting the abstract from the Times archive. That's what I was hoping for when I found this at thomas.loc.gov .
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r106:FLD001:S51345
Go down the page until you see a linked "Page: S1340"
Page: S1340
Judge Deserves Rousing Approval
Infamous Anniversary for Courts
The Paez and Berzon Votes
Senate GOP Drags Feet on Justices
Ending a Judicial Blockade