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Congress Blocks Another Obama Appeals Court Nominee by Filibuster  

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Congress Blocks Another Obama Appeals Court Nominee by Filibuster

Senate Republicans blocked by a filibuster on Tuesday the nomination of President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

By a vote of 56 to 41, the nomination of Cornelia T. L. Pillard, a Georgetown law professor, fell short of clearing the necessary 60-vote threshold.

It was the third White House nominee in two weeks blocked by Senate Republicans. 

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/us/politics/senate-blocks-judicial-nominee-with-filibuster.html?emc=edit_na_20131112




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