Democrats to Block End-of-Year Judges Package

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY), “facing pressure from left wing groups, will not agree to a customary year-end package of judicial nominees,” The Hill reports.

“Schumer and his Democratic colleagues are in no mood to agree to a year-end deal after a federal judge in Texas struck down the entire Affordable Care Act last week, including protections for people with pre-existing conditions. ”

“Senate Democrats are also furious at Republicans for not respecting the Senate’s blue-slip tradition, which gives both senators from a judicial nominee’s home state power to hold up his or her nomination.”