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Senate to Reconsider Bush Judicial Appointees President Bush has reappointed two federal judges whose nominations were stalled by Democrats in the Senate last year. NPR's David Welna discuses the likelihood that Democrats will block the appointments again, and how Republicans might force a vote anyway.

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Senate to Reconsider Bush Judicial Appointees

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President Bush has reappointed two federal judges whose nominations were stalled by Democrats in the Senate last year. NPR's David Welna discuses the likelihood that Democrats will block the appointments again, and how Republicans might force a vote anyway.