U.S. District Court and Circuit Court Nominations: Average Number of Days Elapsing from 
Nomination Date to Final Action,a 95th Congress to 108th Congress (1977-December 9, 2003) 

Congress 
(Years) 	District Court nominations b 	Circuit Court nominations 
Confirmed C 	Unconfirmedd 	Combined e 	Confirmed C 	Unconfirmed d 	Combined 
95th (1977-78) 	40 	35 	40 	33 	N/A 	33 
96th (1979-80) 	79 	168 	89 	79 	157 	87 
97th (1981-82) 	33 	10 	32 	34 	8 	33 
98th(]983_84) 	31 	35 	32 	51 	34 	49 
99th(]98586) 	42 	49 	43 	49 	11 	48 
l00th(]98788) 	122 	217 	136 	119 	273 	172 
10 (1989-90) 	77 	69 	76 	79 	185 	83 
102’(]99]-92) 	114 	172 	130 	108 	296 	174 
103 (1993-9 4) 	76 	104 	77 	103 	94 	102 
l04th(]99596) 	112 	255 	149 	124 	243 	194 
105th (1997-9 8) 	165 	303 	185 	212 	345 	262 
106th (1999-2000) 	133 	328 	192 	227 	364 	304 
107th (2001-2002) 	127 	39 	99 	210 	160 	169 
108th (2003)” 	106 			120

That table says it all. Democrats have been trying to prevent President Bush from dipatching his duty to appoint judges.

Especially check out pages 37 and 38.

               Circuit Court Nominations
       Referred to   Received   Voted on by   Voted on
       Committee     Hearing    Committee     by Senate
1993       5           3           3              3
93-94      22          20          19             19

2001       58          7           6              6
01-02      61          21          20             17

That set of numbers says it all. 72% of President Bush's nominees denied a vote versus 14% of Clinton's not receiving a vote. Notice most of Clinton's came in his second year, and most of President Bush's came in his first year.

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