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  • Grassley not planning to change 'blue slip' procedure for judicial nominees

    10/12/2017 1:38:01 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 26 replies
    Cnn.com ^ | 10/11/17 | Ted Barrett
    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley doesn't intend to make changes to Senate procedures that could make it easier for President Donald Trump's judicial nominees to be confirmed more quickly, despite calls from powerful voices inside and outside the Capitol to do so. The veteran Iowa Republican is under pressure to ditch the chamber's "blue slip" tradition that permits members of the minority party to have significant input into which judicial nominees are confirmed. "The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee will determine how to apply the blue slip courtesy for federal judicial nominees, as has always been the practice," said...
  • Grassley says he's in charge of judicial 'blue slip' tool, after McConnell pledges to kill it

    10/11/2017 2:03:49 PM PDT · by cotton1706 · 28 replies
    washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 10/11/17 | Ryan Lovelace
    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's office said Wednesday he is reviewing the chamber's "blue slip" tradition, after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged to eliminate the tool used to block judicial nominees. "The chairman of the Judiciary Committee will determine how to apply the blue slip courtesy for federal judicial nominees, as has always been the practice," said Taylor Foy, Grassley spokesman, in an email to the Washington Examiner. "Over the years, chairmen have applied the courtesy differently, but the spirit of consultation has always remained." Under the Senate's blue slip procedure, a state's senators are consulted by the White...