"When we work together on consensus judicial nominees we can make progress,"said Sen.Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the incoming Dem chair of the Judiciary Committee.Bush did the opposite this week,renominating six judges,four of them vehemently opposed by Democrats.Leahy said the renominations amounted to the White House"taking the bait of right-wing partisan groups.Advice and consent does not mean giving the Pres a free pass..." |
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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)