After months of backlog and partisan recrimination, Senate leaders reached an agreement to move forward with judicial nominees Wednesday afternoon that assures 12 federal district court judge picks and two circuit court selections will get confirmation votes before the summer.
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., struck the deal amid a threat from some Republicans to filibuster judges as a response to President Obama’s controversial recess appointments to consumer and labor agencies two months ago.
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