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<item><title><![CDATA[ Filibuster Deal Evaded Key Question on High Court Nominees ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/29/AR2005052900812.html?nav=rss_politics/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/29/AR2005052900812.html?nav=rss_politics/special</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The fragile compromise that averted a Senate showdown over judicial filibusters last week deliberately left unanswered the crucial issue likely to be at the heart of a debate over a future Supreme Court vacancy: Can Democrats filibuster a nominee on the grounds that he or she is too conservative without triggering the "nuclear option"? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Balz]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Filibuster]]></category><category><![CDATA[Deal]]></category><category><![CDATA[Evaded]]></category><category><![CDATA[Key]]></category><category><![CDATA[Question]]></category><category><![CDATA[on]]></category><category><![CDATA[High]]></category><category><![CDATA[Court]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nominees]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ McCain's Supreme Court Judgment Calls ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/07/02/BL2008070200819.html?nav=rss_politics/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2008/07/02/BL2008070200819.html?nav=rss_politics/special</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:11:04 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ By Juliet Eilperin ABOARD THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN PLANE -- While Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) agree on many different policy issues, they apply a different test to voting on judicial nominations, they told reporters Tuesday. While flying to Colombia, McCain said that he believes senators should approve any qualified Supreme Court nominee who comes before the chamber for approval, regardless of his or her ideology. Explaining why he had backed Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, even though he repeatedly criticizes their decisions, McCain said, "I voted to confirm the judges Ginsburg and Breyer because I thought they were qualified, and so did the majority of the United States Senate." Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), McCain said, was different because he judged nominees by their philosophical outlook. "Senator Obama wanted to filibuster against Justice [Samuel] Alito and voted against, spoke against Justice [John] Roberts. That ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[washingtonpost.com]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[McCain's]]></category><category><![CDATA[Supreme]]></category><category><![CDATA[Court]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judgment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Calls]]></category><category><![CDATA[]]></category></item>
<item><title><![CDATA[ Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate ]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703409.html?nav=rss_politics/special</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/27/AR2008062703409.html?nav=rss_politics/special</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Senate went home yesterday for the Fourth of July holiday to face voters, having failed repeatedly to address critical economic issues from skyrocketing gas prices to climate change to the nation's housing crisis. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lori Montgomery and Jeffrey H. Birnbaum]]></dc:creator><category><![CDATA[Political]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maneuvers]]></category><category><![CDATA[Delay]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill]]></category><category><![CDATA[After]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bill]]></category><category><![CDATA[in]]></category><category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category><category><![CDATA[Harry Reid]]></category><category><![CDATA[George W. Bush]]></category><category><![CDATA[Mitch McConnell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Thomas Mann]]></category><category><![CDATA[Jerry Howard]]></category><category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Republican Party]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Warner]]></category><category><![CDATA[Joseph Lieberman]]></category><category><![CDATA[Brian Darling]]></category><category><![CDATA[Bruce Josten]]></category><category><![CDATA[Charles Schumer]]></category><category><![CDATA[John Ensign]]></category><category><![CDATA[Judd Gregg]]></category><category><![CDATA[Maria Cantwell]]></category><category><![CDATA[Richard Shelby]]></category><category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category><category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category><category><![CDATA[Federal Housing Administration]]></category><category><![CDATA[Freddie Mac Holdings]]></category><category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category><category><![CDATA[National Association of Home Builders]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Brookings Institution]]></category><category><![CDATA[The Heritage Foundation]]></category><category><![CDATA[The White House]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]></category><category><![CDATA[U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs]]></category><category><![CDATA[United States]]></category><category><![CDATA[Alabama]]></category></item>
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