Deal Reached to Avert U.S. Showdown on Judges

Reuters   |  Thomas Ferraro and Joanne Kenen   |   May 23, 2005 08:55 PM

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Fourteen U.S. Senate moderates struck a deal across party lines on Monday to avert a historic showdown vote over President Bush's stalled judicial nominees.

The bipartisan compromise -- which includes a commitment to clear the way for confirmation votes on three of five disputed nominees -- was reached less than 24 hours before the Republican-led Senate was to decide whether to strip Democrats of their power to block Bush's candidates for federal courts.

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