One Year After Senate Rule Change, Senator Merkley Celebrates Confirmation of Nearly 300 Nominees

WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2014.  Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement celebrating the one-year anniversary of the rule change that allows nominations to be confirmed with a simple majority vote, as envisioned in the Constitution. In the year since the rule change, more than 290 nominees have been confirmed by the Senate.

“A year ago, our nation and our democracy were threatened by partisan obstruction that was packing our courts and preventing our agencies…