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Obama Looks to Move Judges

Confirmation Pace Too Slow

By John Stanton and Jessica Brady
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 17, 2009, Midnight

The White House is quietly urging Senate Democrats to come up with a list of potential candidates for the federal bench, hoping to flood the pipeline with circuit and district court nominees and ratchet up the pressure on Republicans to confirm them.

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