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Years. Now it has come to a functional standstill. As noncontroversial nominations some of which were approved out of the committee by overwhelming votes, the majority of republicans, majority of democrats, they languished on the executive calendar. Now our colleagues on the other side of the aisle did their best to slow the pace of confirmations when the senate was under democratic leadership. And now theyre sluggishly moving nominations under a senate they control. And, mr. President its culminated in the irresponsible partisan blockade of president Obamas Supreme Court pick. Lets talk about some real numbers here. More than a year into this new congress more than a year into this new congress the Republican Leadership has allowed only 17 judges to be confirmed. Okay . How many months do we have here . We have 12 in the last year of this congress. We now have, ....
By the time I was 10, cooking dinner for seven was, well, a piece of cake. (Sorry about that.) Sharp knives, hot stove, boiling water and fry pans. I was ....
In what is projected to be one in a number of developments in the Beacon Hill Business District, McDonald s broke ground Thursday for a restaurant at the southeast corner of ....