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If those senators stick together, they could block confirmation.
Republican senators have vowed to block confirmation of any of Mr. Obama's nominees to the board.
But Senate Republicans threatened to block confirmation of the nominee over a trade dispute.
McConnell, however, is likely to point to the so-called "Thurmond rule" as precedent for his attempt to block confirmation.
If all the Republicans supported a nominee, the Democrats could not block confirmation unless they engaged in a filibuster, a difficult political task.
In recent years Mr. Ashcroft was a ringleader in the effort to block confirmation of well-qualified moderates whom President Clinton nominated for judicial appointment.
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The Republicans have time and again used the filibuster, the threat of filibuster, holds on nominations and other tactics to block confirmations.
Most exchanges require 6 or 7 block confirmations before they credit a deposit, so you can see how it's basically impossible to move around bitcoin cash.
Bush's appointment is one of many Trump is expected to make to the federal court system, which has 21 vacancies thanks to Republican efforts to block confirmations during Obama's presidency.
Democrats were blocking confirmation of federal judges.
Officials of liberal groups insisted that they still held hope of blocking confirmation.
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