Stop Senate Republican Obstructionists, Obama Nominees Deserve Votes
William Lurye, AFL-CIO associate general counsel, says Senate Republicans’ obstructionist tactics blocking President Obama’s nominees must stop.
UPDATE: Sen. Session’s attempt to filibuster Judge Hamilton’s nomination failed when the Senate voted to 70-29 (including 10 Republicans) for cloture, ending the threatened filibuster.
Today, the U.S. Senate will consider President Obama’s nomination of federal district court Judge David Hamilton to the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from Wisconsin, Illinois and Judge Hamilton’s home state, Indiana.
Late to the Game, Wyoming’s Enzi Seeks to Derail Labor Nomination
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.)—who brags about blocking health care reform (more on that later)—now wants to block President Obama’s choice of Patricia Smith to be the top Department of Labor lawyer.
Earlier this week, Enzi apparently got around to reading the transcripts of Smith’s May 7 confirmation hearing for solicitor of labor. Now, some three-and-a-half months after sitting through the hearing and voicing no objections to Smith’s answers or nomination, he wants Obama to withdraw Smith’s name, reports BNA’s Daily Labor Report (subscription required).
