Members of the House Democratic group met quietly with the Judiciary Committee chair, pushing to halt the practice that gives Republicans power to block home-state picks.
“I don’t know why anyone, let alone Senate Democrats, would hold up a Jim Crow practice,” Black Caucus Chair Rep. said in an interview on Wednesday, describing the GOP’s use of blue slips against judicial nominees as a civil rights issue.
The acrimony is particularly acute among House members from blue districts in red states. They’re chafing at their Republican senators’ unwillingness to let nominees through and looking to Senate Democrats to help — even though during the Trump era theSo Durbin isn’t ready to get rid of the tradition for federal district court nominees.
Durbin is still receptive to the Black Caucus’ entreaties, saying that he needs a “higher level of cooperation” from the GOP. He estimated that fewer than 20 of Biden’s nominees have received green lights from the GOP, while Democrats provided more than 110 for former President Donald Trump’s judicial picks during his time in office.
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