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Bush for the federal election commission. a democratic senator held him up over a voting rights issue. which senator? >> senator obama. >> reporter: that's right. then-senator barack obama. >> so it was not because i didn't have the qualifications. it was because he disagreed with me on a substantive issue. >> reporter: now the president has a different perspective. >> well-qualified public servants shouldn't be held hostage to the pet project or grudges of a few individual senators. >> reporter: take a closer look at obama's first-year success with his nominees before the senate. it looks ver...

Predecessors. in 2009, the senate confirmed 353 of 569 and compared to 360 out of 513 in bush's first year. missouri senator kit bond put the longest hold on a obama nominee. he says that the general services administration is dragging the feet to move 1,000 federal employees out of a dilapidated kansas city building so he blocked martha johnson for gse administrator. >> i have one way of getting their attention, and i put a hold on the nomination of mrs. johnson. >> but it has nothing to do with martha johnson? >> no, martha johnson will be a fine administrator and i voted for her. >> reporte...

Similar to his predecessors. in 2009 the senate confirmed 353 of 569 major obama nominations compared with 360 out of 513 during bush's first year. they call the hold a time-honored tradition. >> it makes them powerful individually and it allow s the to stop things that they feel need to be adjusted and were wrong to start with. >> reporter: that's missouri senator kit bond's argument for his controversial hold. he says the general services administration is dragging its feet on moving 1,000 federal employees out of a dilapidated kansas city building so bond blocked martha johnson for gsa admi...

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