‘Gang’ Courted for Southwick

• By Erin P. Billings and Emily Pierce
• Roll Call Staff
• July 26, 2007, Midnight

GOP Senate leaders are looking to re-enlist members of the bipartisan “Gang of 14” to help break the impasse over the stalled appellate court nomination of Leslie Southwick, a move that has temporarily delayed Republican plans to make the appointee ground zero for a major Senate rematch over the federal bench.