Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 58 congressional recess 56 Mukasey nomination 56 confirmation hearings 54 Senate Judiciary Committee 53 judicial confirmations 53 Mukasey confirmation 52 Confirmation hearings 52 Russ Feingold D Wis 50 Judiciary Committee 48 Senate 48 monthlong recess 48 judicial nominations 47 judicial nominees 47 Mukasey 47 WELNA 47 Sotomayor nomination 46 filibuster 46 Harry Reid D-Nev. 45 Majority Leader Bill Frist 45 Alito confirmation 45 partisan wrangling 45 Judge Robert Bork 45 weeklong recess 45 KWAME HOLMAN 45 Sen. Arlen Specter R-Pa. 45 Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. 45 Alito nomination 45 Michael Mukasey 45 hearings 45 partisan sniping 45 judicial filibusters 45 von Spakovsky 44 filibusters 44 senators 44 Senate Judiciary 44 Specter 44 Majority Leader Harry Reid 44 lame duck session 44 Alito 44 waterboarding 44 Jim DeMint RS.C. 43 Sotomayor confirmation 43 Jeff Sessions R-Ala. 43 Legislature adjourns 43 Sen. Dianne Feinstein D-Calif. 43 procedural maneuvers 43 recess appointment 43 Easter recess 43 Miers nomination 43 Mitch McConnell R-Ky. 43 Armenian genocide resolution 43 congressional hearings 43 congressional 42 Frist 42 Judge Sotomayor 42 Sen. Arlen Specter 42 nonbinding resolutions 42 Alberto Gonzales 42 legislative session 42 GAME DAY RECAP 42 Counsel Alberto Gonzales 42 Sotomayor 42 NSA eavesdropping 42 Democratically controlled 42 Dawn Johnsen 42 Ms. Miers 42 CIA interrogation 42 AER Staff 42 counsel Fred Fielding 42 Frist R Tenn 42 troop withdrawal timetable 42 oral arguments 41 legislature reconvenes 41 lawmakers 41 Republicans 41 Miers 41 Bush commuted Libby 41 Kagan 41 Pelosi 41 Samuel Alito 41 Projected completion 41 Washington DC ENEWSPF 41 recess appointments 41 procedural roadblocks 41 von Eschenbach 41 D. Negroponte 41 interrogation videotapes 41 Judge Alito 41 Chairman Arlen Specter 41 torture memos 41 impeach Blagojevich 41 Solicitor General Kagan 41 Patrick Leahy D Vt 41 Democrats 41 Lewinsky affair 41 troop withdrawals 41 Sen. Patrick Leahy 40 Capitol Hill 40 warrantless eavesdropping 40 Carl Levin D Mich 40 judicial appointments