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  • (Texas Senator John Cornyn's)Floor Speech: Judicial Nominations

    02/18/2005 6:43:51 PM PST · by SwinneySwitch · 54 replies · 1,599+ views
    cornyn.senate.gov ^ | February 17, 2005 | John Cornyn
    Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I will spend a few minutes correcting the record in response to a question of press availability on Tuesday about whether Democrats were opposing as a caucus all of the renominated judges that previously were denied an opportunity for an up-or-down vote when a bipartisan majority stood ready to confirm them last year. The Senate minority leader said, "Renomination is not the key. I think the question is, those judges that have already been turned down in the Senate" -- in other words, he said these judges, even though they commanded the support of a bipartisan...