On the morning after Election Day—as we struggled to get out of bed from very depressing results—Daily Kos staff launched a petition demanding that Harry Reid and Senate Democrats use the lame duck session to confirm President Obama’s pending judicial nominees.
In less than one week, over 178,000 people signed it.
As one of the fastest growing petitions that Daily Kos has launched, we sent a clear message to Senator Reid: this is extremely important to the progressive community and it’s your job to make it happen. Getting these nominees confirmed could shape the federal courts for decades to come.
George Holman, Reid’s point person on nominations, accepted the petition signatures and acknowledged that this is a top priority for the upcoming session. With 150 nominees on hold, he stated they are working hard to develop a plan to get as many nominees through as possible.