A Nominations Morass

Reid Angers Republicans on Deal Over Circuit Court Judges

By John Stanton and Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff

May 20, 2008

After months of trying to resurrect presidential nominations as a hot-button election-year issue, Senate Republicans could find themselves on the losing end of the message this week — thanks to President Bush’s newfound desire to negotiate with Democrats and the GOP’s objections to a pending judicial nominee Bush put forth as an olive branch to the majority.

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