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  • Here's the Deal (Senate GOP "Deal ensures votes on seven of eight nominations")

    05/23/2005 9:19:07 PM PDT · by watsonfellow · 80 replies · 2,631+ views
    american spectator ^ | 5/24/2005 | The Prowler
    Here's the Deal By The Prowler Published 5/24/2005 12:09:38 AM "There is no way this agreement that breaks Democratic obstruction can be spun any way other than as a victory for Republicans and the Bush Administration," said a Republican Senate leadership aide late Monday night, regarding the agreement reached by 14 senators to avert a showdown vote on the so-called nuclear option that would have ended Democratic filibustering of Bush judicial nominees. The parameters of the deal insure that six of eight obstructed Bush nominees to the federal judiciary will receive an up or down confirmation vote in the Senate....