The Commission has submitted names for every single one of those open seats. So the bottleneck is not the commission. It's the slow pace of nominations by the President and confirmations by the Senate. The Senate could solve this tomorrow. And we know who controls the Senate. The Republicans. So let's be honest about what this bill is really about. It's not about the Constitution. It's about partisanship. (19:47–19:53)
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Asserts that the Republican-controlled Senate could resolve the judicial vacancy issue quickly.
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