GOP hits the brakes on Obama nominees

Senate Republicans are throwing up obstacles to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-NV) plans to confirm a batch of executive and judicial branch nominees. Sen Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said if Sen Reid wants to confirm 12 pending federal district judges, he will have to run them through the regular floor process, which could take days. Sen Grassley noted that Republicans don’t have enough votes to block the judicial nominees but they can drag out the process, which may force Reid to bring the Senate in next week if he wants to get the job done.