Dems blocking conservative judicial nominees

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Conservative Alert from Right March: Senate Democrats are Blocking Conservative Judicial Nominees -- Click Below to Demand They Confirm Them NOW: https://secure.responseenterprises.co... ALERT: The Democrats are up to their old tricks again. Once again, they are BLOCKING the nominations of conservative judicial nominees. Nothing new there -- but this time, the Republicans are starting to FIGHT BACK! So WE need to encourage them to keep fighting -- and to demand that the Democrats honor their commitments to move judicial nominations, NOW! https://secure.responseenterprises.co... As the Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said, "The Democratic Majority has repeatedly failed to treat judicial nominees fairly." At the beginning of this Congress, the Democrats said they would meet or exceed the average of 17 circuit court nominees that have been confirmed in prior Congresses; yet they've only confirmed eight circuit court judges thus far. In fact, the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), recently threatened to shut down the confirmation process completely, an action that would break yet another historical precedent. The Democrats said they would treat Republican senate delegations fairly; yet for months, the Democrats have only worked on circuit court nominees from states with a Democrat senator! The Democrats said they would do their "utmost," said they would do "everything possible," said they would do "everything within their power" to confirm three more circuit court nominees by the Memorial Day recess; yet they only confirmed one nominee. Moreover, it's now obvious that the Democrats did not seriously attempt to honor their commitment; in fact, since that deadline passed almost two weeks ago, the Democrats have still failed to confirm more circuit court nominees. The Democrats have refused to honor their commitments. They apparently believe that commitments don't matter in the United States Senate, and that actions don't have consequences. WELL, ACTIONS DO HAVE CONSEQUENCES! It's up to us to demand that the Democrats honor their commitments to move judicial nominations -- and to tell the Republicans to NOT BACK DOWN from the Democrats -- NOW! https://secure.responseenterprises.co... TAKE ACTION: The actions of the Senate Democrats are short-sighted. It is important that judicial emergencies are filled with qualified judges, and the Republicans need to use every tool at their disposal to ensure that those nominees -- and the Republicans themselves -- are treated fairly, and that the Democrats finally take their commitments seriously. To make sure this happens, we've set up our website so that you can send "Blast Faxes" to EVERY SINGLE U.S. Senator on the Judiciary Committee, including those who are holding up President Bush's conservative judicial nominees, demanding they stop obstructing and confirm them NOW! For about what it would cost you in time and telephone charges, you can send Blast Faxes to ALL of the members of the Senate Judiciary Committee -- right now -- for just $29: https://secure.responseenterprises.co... The Democrats are trying to stall on these nominees, hoping to get a liberal president in the next election. Don't let the Democrats get away with it -- take action NOW! Sincerely, William Greene, President RightMarch.com

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