Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 49 filibuster 49 judicial nominees 49 judicial nominations 48 confirmation hearings 47 appointee 43 Alito 43 judgeship 42 filibusters 41 Miers 41 Senate Judiciary Committee 41 Rehnquist 41 Judge Alito 41 cloture 40 Judge Sotomayor 40 Harriet Miers 40 judicial appointments 40 Kagan 40 bully pulpit 40 Judiciary Committee 39 appointees 39 Elena Kagan 39 Mukasey 38 lame duck session 38 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 38 Samuel Alito 38 David Souter 38 Alberto Gonzales 37 Clarence Thomas 37 reappointment 37 reappoint 37 recess 37 filibustered 37 Sonia Sotomayor 37 Voinovich 36 judgeships 36 confirmation 36 lame duck 36 judicial activism 36 treasury secretary 36 appointment 36 FISA 36 Bolton 36 obstructionism 36 Majority Leader Bill Frist 36 fill vacancy 36 unanimous consent 36 solicitor general 35 filibustering 35 partisanship 35 Specter 35 Rove 35 Sotomayor 35 interrogation methods 35 Bolten 35 appoint 35 enhanced interrogation techniques 35 rulemaking 35 Congress 34 feeding tube 34 Justice William Rehnquist 34 nomination 34 Michael Mukasey 34 Scalia 34 Plame identity 34 obstructionist 34 partisan politics 34 chairmanship 34 William H. Rehnquist 34 counsel Harriet Miers 33 5th Circuit 33 Antonin Scalia 33 nominating 33 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 33 DNI 33 appointing 33 waterboarding 33 Orszag 33 Patriot Act 33 item veto 33 Senate 33 Justice Scalia 33 recusal 33 nominee 33 legislatively 33 conservatorship 33 LIHEAP 33 Frist 32 politicization 32 White House 32 Judiciary 32 Daschle 32 reappointed 32 Security Council 32 Justice Sandra 32 DADT 32 Pelosi D Calif 32 SCHIP 32 partisan 32 Intelligence Committee 32 Negroponte 32 Banking Committee