51.   Democrats have accused Republicans of playing politics by blocking worthy judicial nominations.

52.   Despite talk of a negotiated peace, it has begun to look like the old wars are flaring up again between the White House and Senate over judicial nominations.

53.   He said he would not allow a single senator arbitrarily to kill judicial nominations.

54.   It was only the second time in as many weeks that Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., has allowed action on judicial nominations.

55.   President Clinton announced judicial nominations Thursday for U.S. District Court in Oklahoma and California.

56.   Republicans also backed away from their request for a vote on making public senatorial vetoes of lower court judicial nominations.

57.   Republicans say they are holding out hope for bipartisanship with judicial nominations.

58.   Same for judicial nominations.

59.   Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., has served notice he will use parliamentary procedures to try to block all remaining Clinton judicial nominations.

60.   Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., and other Senate Democrats have proposed regular bipartisan consultation on judicial nominations comparable to a system attempted by Clinton.