05/19/05

Republicans and Democrats injected racial politics into the struggle over President Bush's judicial nominees and the Senate's filibuster rules on Thursday, underscoring partisan differences while compromise-minded senators from both parties pursued an elusive agreement. 'The attempt to do away with the filibuster is nothing short of clearing the trees for the confirmation of an unacceptable nominee to the Supreme Court,' said Democratic leader Harry Reid. He accused the president of an attempt to 'rewrite the Constitution and reinvent reality' with his demand for a yes-or-no vote on all nominees...

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from Las Vegas Review-Journal


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp