HR 1961

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution urging the Senators in the United States
3	Congress from the State of Florida to support a floor vote
4	in the United States Senate on all federal judicial
5	nominees.
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7	WHEREAS, Article II, Section 2, of the United States
8	Constitution states that the President "shall nominate, and by
9	and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint
10	Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the
11	supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States," and
12	WHEREAS, the Administrative Office of the United States
13	Courts has classified twenty-two judgeships as "judicial
14	emergencies," and
15	WHEREAS, forty-three of President George W. Bush's judicial
16	nominees are pending before the United States Senate, and
17	WHEREAS, sixty-three percent of the President's Court of
18	Appeals nominations have been to fill seats classified as
19	judicial emergencies, and
20	WHEREAS, forty-two percent of the President's District
21	Court nominations have been to fill seats classified as judicial
22	emergencies, and
23	WHEREAS, a minority of Senators have used dilatory tactics
24	to prevent a Senate floor vote on six of the President's
25	judicial nominees, all of whom were reported favorably by the
26	Committee on the Judiciary, and
27	WHEREAS, each of the President's judicial nominees reported
28	favorably by the Committee on the Judiciary enjoys the support
29	of a majority of the United States Senate, as is required by the
30	United States Constitution, NOW, THEREFORE,
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32	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
33	Florida:
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35	That the House of Representatives of the State of Florida
36	requests our Senators in the United States Congress to work to
37	allow a timely vote on the floor of the United States Senate on
38	all federal judicial nominees.
39	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copies of this resolution be
40	transmitted to the Senators in the United States Congress from
41	the State of Florida.

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