11.   Allowing a judicial nominee defeated in committee to receive a floor vote is rare.

12.   Bush also has drawn criticism for ending the practice of allowing the American Bar Association to pre-clear potential judicial nominees.

13.   Bush has said he will not require judicial nominees to oppose abortion, which had been a standard Republican position.

14.   But Hatch said Democrats had subjected Republican judicial nominees to similar lines of questioning.

15.   But he devoted much of his address to the judicial nominees.

16.   But Republicans also saw an opening to criticize Senate Democrats for not moving more quickly to approve the judicial nominees of President Bush.

17.   But Schumer also said that if the administration sent up someone like Olson as a judicial nominee, it would find itself in a fight.

18.   Clinton nominated Smith as a concession to Republicans in order to advance his judicial nominees who have not been confirmed.

19.   Clinton nominated Smith as a concession to Republicans in order to advance his judicial nominees, who have not been confirmed.

20.   Clinton also failed to fight for a number of his judicial nominees.