Vote Scheduled On Judicial Nominee William Myers; Most Anti- Environmental Nominee in History Comes to the Senate Floor Next Week
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WASHINGTON, July 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) continued his attempts to divide the American people today by trying to force a vote next Tuesday on controversial judicial nominee William G. Myers III, a former beef and mining industry lobbyist. This morning, Senator Frist announced that he will file a cloture petition this afternoon to end debate on whether Myers' should be confirmed, setting off a filibuster of another of president Bush's extreme judicial nominees.
For the first time, a judicial nominee's extreme record on protections for the environment and Native American rights will be the focus of a filibuster. Myers' nomination to a lifetime seat on the powerful Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has prompted record opposition by tribal leaders, conservation groups, labor, and civil rights organizations-including many groups that have never before opposed a judicial nominee.See the full content of this document
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Vote Scheduled On Judicial Nominee William Myers; Most Anti- Environmental Nominee in History Comes to the Senate Floor Next Week
"William Myers is the most anti-environmental judicial nominee that we've ever seen," said Earthjustice...
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