Quick... some info on Clinton nominees & fillibuster

[complain jane]

Could someone please point me towards a source listing all of the times (or at least some of the times) that the right has filibustered some of Clinton's nominees? Or another Dem's nominees? Thanks!

Duking it out with rightwingnut on another board, need info to smack him around with...

[acmejack]

1. Some info

http://www.nwlaborpress.org/2001/10-19-01Relief.html

http://static.highbeam.com/a/atlantainquirer/july011995/republicanfilibusterkillssurgeongeneralnomination/

http://www.dailykos.net/archives/001802.html

Some Republicans have wrongly asserted that there has been only one filibuster against a federal judicial nomination, the successful Republican filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Abe Fortas in 1968. In fact, cloture votes have been required to end debate on a number of judicial nominations. According to the Congressional Research Service, cloture motions have been filed and cloture votes held on 14 Court of Appeals nominations since 1980; as recently as 2000, cloture votes were necessary to obtain votes on the nominations of both Richard Paez and Marsha Berzon to the Ninth Circuit. Sen. Bob Smith openly declared he was leading a filibuster, and he described Sen. Sessions as a member of his filibuster coalition. Democrats have also demanded 60 votes for controversial nominees, such as Edward Carnes, who was nominated to the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in 1992. Over the years, there were many other attempted filibusters that did not result in a cloture vote.

[complain jane]

2. Thank you!

Perfect.