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Senate Confirms Another Trump Judicial Nominee, 36, to Lifetime Judgeship During Lame Duck Session Matt Naham The Republican-led U.S. Senate on Wednesday, during a lame duck session, confirmed former federal prosecutor  Katherine A. Crytzer, 36, to a lifetime judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. The vote was 48-47. Confirmed, 48-47: Executive Calendar #932 Katherine A. Crytzer to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of ...

Nominations. and what the senate does for a couple years it will continue to do from there on out. it set new precedent and that is in the past two years there have been 128 nominations that have slowed down dramatically. thats requiring what is called an intervening day plus an additional 30 hours after that intervening day. so its really three days to be able to move one person. any future president requires about 1,000 people to be able to go through the nomination process that are just on th...

Thomas nomination. it went to the floor, was confirmed, 52-48 and all off know it only takes one senator, just one, to make us get 60 votes. nobody did. so we are simply back to dealing with the executive calendar on a simple majority basis as we did for 230 years or so down to bush. and i dont think -- and you know, it will advantage the other side at some point as it always did down through history. >> leader mcconnell what do you think the impact of this will be on the fall midterm election a...

From a year ago, actually a few years ago from 2013. thanks to all of you who encourage me to consider filibuster reform. that had to be done. that was from your old colleague harry reid. what do you think he feels about this. >> not very far -- hugh hewett and i have discussed this in the past. we never filibusters until george bush 43 was elected president and so the appointment whether to the cabinet or court is a new invention. and who invented it? chuck schumer. were band to where we were a...

Filibustering nominations. i think a majority is appropriate for the executive calendar, including judges. >> now the antics weve watched this week have led some to observe that the body is as polarized as its ever been and do you agree with that because you have a lot of years here that relations between the two sides of the aisle are at their nader. >> it is a difference between putting on an act in a committee hearing room and how you act on the senate floor. there is no lack of collegiateali...

Level as a conservative. it is your only point of leverage. people will make the case to you that you should consider that and see what you can get for that vote. are you open to that? >> no. im not. when you look at using leverage like this, i have used leverage with circuit court judges but not to move the president. but to move my own leadership here on capitol hill. i was concerned that we were just doing the presidents executive calendar, not moving something to the floor like tariff relief...

Gop votes. its 50-49 going in. im assuming, and i hate doing, this im assuming that senator mccain wont be part of it. god willing, he is and he can stick it in my face for even questioning whether or not hed be ready for a vote. hopefully he is. but if he isnt its 50-49. now, youre a conservative. a real one. kavanaugh is probably going to be appealing to you on that level as a conservative. it is your only point of leverage. people will make the case to you that you should consider that and se...

To account. remember, it was over a year ago that we had to pass sanctions over the presidents objection, 98-2. he previously said he would veto any sanction package. so we passed it 98-2 and he couldnt veto it anymore. so i think that weve got to do something similar here. at least express our support for the intelligence community. >> so more sanctions? >> well, obviously weve got to hold russia to account. i dont expect these individuals to be extradited, but we can impose additional sanction...

Get the power of the purse exercise, we can fund the military, fund things like basic health care, fund things like opioids. refusing to do that over unrelated issues. thats why we are where we are. andy? >> you are aware that senator mcconnell has not attempted to bring up an appropriations bill and that the senate appropriations committee has not drafted -- >> i am aware. they know they dont have 60 votes to proceed on this thing. i wish they didnt have to get 60 votes, but it is because of th...

Fund things like basic healthcare and opioids. they are refusing to do that over these unrelated issues and thats why we are where we are. >> you are aware that senator mcconnell has not attempted to bring up an appropriations bill and the senate appropriations committee has not drafted -- >> im aware ever it because they know they dont have 60 votes. i wish they didnt need 60 votes because of that. >> to demonstrate the points youre making going to legislation. >> of course i would. im a house ...