How Did Democratic Senators Attempt to Deal with Extreme Delays

question 6

Multiple Choice

How did Democratic senators attempt to deal with extreme delays in getting Senate confirmation for President Obama's lower court judicial nominees in 2013?

• A) formally reducing the number of cloture votes for judicial confirmations in the Senate
• B) requesting that the House pass legislation to reduce the number of confirming votes required to approve nominees
• C) appealing to the president to nominate justices more acceptable to Republican senators
• D) appealing to the president to nominate justices more acceptable to the public
• E) appealing Senate rejection of lower court nominees to the Supreme Court