Promise made. Promise broken.
Earlier this year, Democratic U.S. Sens. Harry Reid, Nev., and Patrick Leahy, Vt., promised to schedule U.S. Senate votes on three appellate court nominees before Memorial Day. But, they never got around to it.
Three of the nominees who have been waiting the longest — Peter Keisler, Robert Conrad and Steve Matthews — continue to wait.
Curt Levey, executive director of the Committee for Justice, said the agenda is clear.
“The left-wing groups — People For the American Way, Alliance for Justice, the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) — desperately want these spots on the 4th Circuit and D.C. Circuits kept open for what they hope will be liberal activists,” he said.
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, sits on the Judiciary Committee and said he has a promise of his own: repercussions.
“This will be a subject of further discussion — and action," he said.
Levey said he's fairly sure a Senate shutdown is looming.
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