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  • McCain Urges Compromise Over Filibusters

    05/10/2005 6:07:05 PM PDT · by SmithL · 127 replies · 2,115+ views
    AP ^ | 5/10/5 | JESSE J. HOLLAND and DAVID ESPO
    WASHINGTON -- Arizona Sen. John McCain privately urged fellow Republicans Tuesday to compromise with Democrats over President Bush's stalled judicial nominees, but Majority Leader Bill Frist countered by asking which of the controversial appeals court candidates should be jettisoned as part of a deal, according to officials familiar with the meeting. With a Senate showdown looming, possibly as early as next week, Democratic leader Harry Reid challenged Frist to allow GOP senators to "follow their consciences" when voting on a streamlined procedure for certain judicial nominations. "Senators should be bound by Senate loyalty rather than party loyalty on a question...