[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9583]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS

  Mr. KYL. Mr. President, on behalf of the leader, I announce that 
discussions are continuing to find a way to work through the judicial 
nominations that are pending on the Executive Calendar. We had hoped to 
begin scheduling the noncontroversial judges for votes by the full 
Senate. At this time, there are still objections to scheduling these 
votes and, therefore, it will be necessary to file cloture on one of 
these nominations today.
  Having said that, the majority leader is still hopeful that an 
agreement can be reached and that this cloture vote will not be 
necessary.

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