Thursday, May 19, 2011

GOP blocks Goodwin Liu nomination

GOP blocks Goodwin Liu nomination...Conservative Republicans on Thursday blocked the Senate from considering the appellate court nomination of Goodwin Liu, a University of California, Berkeley law professor whose judicial prospects are now in doubt.
In a 52-43 face-off, Democrats failed to reach the 60-vote margin needed to overcome what amounts to a GOP filibuster.

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2011/05/conservative-republicans-on-th.html

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