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Republicans are currently refusing to submit blue slips for four nominees pending in the committee, effectively stalling their entire confirmation process.
Consider the work of Kristin, Gayle and Julie, creators of the Scrappy Tree blog, who have issued a Blue Challenge to friends, followers and fans to create and submit blue objects d'art in support of the effort.
The aide pointed to two other Georgia judicial nominees -- Natasha Silas and Jill Pryor -- who haven't moved for years because Chambliss and Isakson wouldn't submit "blue slips" to the Judiciary Committee, a de-facto rule in that committee that allows senators to block or advance home-state nominees.
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Last year, the Friends of the High Line, a group of artists, writers and concerned neighbors, invited architects, designers and homegrown visionaries to submit blue-sky ideas for the track's future.
The IFC Center in Greenwich Village — part of the IFC family, which includes Sundance Selects, the label that submitted "Blue" to the ratings board in the first place — will not turn away curious youngsters.
"The email was all in French, and it said that at that point the movie's status at the festival was 'envisage,'" recalled Saulnier, who had submitted "Blue Ruin" to Cannes on a lark after it was rejected by the Sundance Film Festival.
After the president nominates a judge for an appeals court, the senators from the nominee's home state are given the courtesy of being asked to submit a "blue slip" indicating their support.
An Isakson spokeswoman suggested he's waiting to submit his blue slips until the committee chairman and ranking member finish reviewing background paperwork on the six nominees.
It is usual for a senator to wait to submit a blue slip until that investigation is done, said the spokesman.
The Republican senators have submitted their blue slips with alacrity.
Fellow North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan (D) has submitted her blue slip.
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