In a 10-8 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday sent to the full Senate President Bush's nomination of William Myers to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Democrats, critical of Myers' views on the environment, blocked his nomination during the last Congress. Republicans have threatened to change Senate rules to prevent similar actions, a move that some call the "nuclear option" because they say it would blow up Senate relations.
March 18, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The first of President Bush’s blocked judicial nominees advanced to the full Senate on Thursday, setting up a showdown over filibusters that could shut the Senate down.
But Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said he would offer a proposal next month that he hopes will break that impasse.
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