Sen. Feinstein says the attack on Dems’ treatment of judicial noms is GOP’s effort to “compensate for their stalled legislative agenda.”
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Got to my computer, so I could check. By Labor Day in year one, Obama had named 16 judicial nominees. Trump had named more than double: 35.
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Obama had 3 judicial confirmations by this date in his first year in office; Trump has 7.
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So, Obama had 43% of the confirmations Trump has today in their first year with 46% of the nominees they had by Labor Day of that year.
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Speaking of Judiciary Cmte… Not that he needs it, but where are the cheers for Grassley from the left – for keeping blue slips? 1/
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Esp from people on left who've been saying, "Republicans have to do more than criticize Trump; they have to vote against him." Well… 2/
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What Grassley is doing is like voting against Trump, but even bigger – b/c he's letting Dems slow/stop Trump's judicial noms.

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It's 2nd time Grassley's stood up for Dems & against Trump. First was when Trump admin said it'd answer requests only from Rs/chairmen. 4/
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Grassley said, "No way" & Trump Admin backed down.
So you on the left who are stopping by Chris' thread here: Props to Grassley, right?
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I think you're oversimplifying things by cherry-picking from Grassley's actions this year. I also don't think he's said much about any ...
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... "decision" on blue slip process, although he obviously is honoring them for now. I think he does get some credit, but ... it's limited.
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Yes, so far. But it is something… in the land of nothing. Plus he did this way-more-than-limited in June.https://twitter.com/seungminkim/status/873190347253219330 …
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