May 25 2005

Priscilla Owen Confirmed

Published by at 2:47 pm under All General Discussions,Filibuster Showdown

No surprise here, except maybe the vote total.

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Priscilla Owen as a federal appellate judge, ending the four-year ordeal of the Texas jurist who was thrust into the center of the partisan battle over President Bush’s judicial nominations. The 56-43 vote to appoint Owen to the New Orlean-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was a consequence of an agreement reached earlier this week that averted, for the time being, a bitter dispute over Democratic use of the filibuster to block Bush’s judicial choices.

Obviously not a filibuster proof margin. Wonder how the liberals are taking this?

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