Roll Call: (Reps Halt Filibuster, But...) Judicial Battle Not Over Yet (tags)
Behind a virtual press blackout (just 3 sotries in the Washington Post!) the Republicans filibustered urgent spending bills to try to force Democrats to rubber-stamp Bush's conservative judicial nominees. Now, Roll Call reports, "Republicans say they called a 'cease-fire' on their appropriations blockade after realizing that President Bush would not be able to mount a campaign of public pressure on the Democratic majority over judicial nominations."