Face-off over filibuster
Vote urged on nominees as compromise sought
WASHINGTON -- Months of jockeying and sniping over President Bush's judicial nominees and the tactics Democrats have used to stop them have come down to a historic showdown on the floor of the US Senate, as lawmakers engaged in a slow-motion battle yesterday with the nature of Congress and the federal government's system of checks and balances at stake. (Full article: 1267 words)
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