[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 14460]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF BUSINESS

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I know the Senator from New Jersey wishes 
to speak. There is a unanimous consent request that will be propounded 
which will help people understand what will happen. We are waiting for 
someone on the other side to read the request, and then we can agree to 
it. If the Senator will withhold for a moment.
  Mr. LAUTENBERG. Without losing my opportunity to the floor.
  Mr. REID. I have the floor. Madam President, we are shortly going to 
enter into an agreement to have a vote late today for two more judges. 
This will make 131 judges--I think that is the number--we have approved 
during the time the present President Bush has been President.
  I am really not certain as to the number, but I believe it is 36 or 
37 circuit court judges. The vacancy rate, as we discussed yesterday, 
is extremely low. There has been a lot of agitation and talk about how 
poorly the administration is being treated with their judicial 
nominees. Even the President can understand that a count of 131 to 2 is 
a pretty good record for him.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire.

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