REPUBLICANS PUSH DEMOCRATS TO ALLOW VOTES ON JUDICIAL NOMINEES

Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., left, and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-TX, hold a news conference urging Senate Democrats to allow votes on Bush judicial nominees on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 21, 2005. Hutchison and Dole said Democratic filibusters to block judicial nominees is un-Constitutional and that the Republican majority won't allow it to continue. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)