Senate Republicans Block More Obama Nominees

Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) speaks during the DC March for Jobs in Upper Senate Park near Capitol Hill, on July 15, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection In this Aug. 13, 2009, file photo, Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, talks about his trip on Wednesday to Bethel and Hooper Bay in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection In this Aug. 2, 2013 file photo. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. is interviewed at his campaign office in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) speaks at a campaign rally for U.S. President Barack Obama at Sloan's Lake Park on October 4, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., watches election returns at the Delaware Democratic Party Election Night at the Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) <strong>Status:</strong> Retiring FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for term ending 1/3/17 Brian Schatz smiles as he talks with reporters on the tarmac after deplaning Air Force One, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Newly elected Republican Senator Jim Risch, of Idaho poses for a photo in the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell November 17, 2008 at the US Capitol, in Washington, D.C. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Senate Defense subcommittee Chairman Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill. presides over the subcommittee's hearing to examine Defense Department leadership, Tuesday, June 11, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) <strong>Status:</strong> Retiring FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2012 file photo Democratic Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday, May 28, 2013, on a utility plant for the new federal biosecurity lab in Manhattan, Kan. (AP Photo/John Milburn)

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection FILE - In this July 30, 2013 file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2012 file photo, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks to members of the press during a news conference May 23, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection FILE - Senator-elect Ed Markey gives a thumbsup while speaking at the Massachusetts state Democratic Convention in Lowell, Mass., in this July 13, 2013 file photo. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) <strong>Status:</strong> Retiring FILE - In this June 4, 2013, file photo, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. asks a question of a witness during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on legislation regarding sexual assaults in http://www.vidtomp3.com/ the military. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection FILE -In this Oct. 4, 2011 file photo, Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington during a hearing on "Americas Agricultural Labor Crisis: Enacting a Practical Solution." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) <strong>Status:</strong> Undeclared Republican US Senator from Mississippi Thad Cochran attends a joint press conference with US Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and Iraqi Planning Minister Barhem Saleh (not seen), in Baghdad's Heavily fortified Green Zone, 19 April 2006. (SABAH ARAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) <strong>Status:</strong> Resigning to become U.S. ambassador to China Then-Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is seen on Capitol Hill on April 17, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) <strong>Status:</strong> Retiring Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., leaves the Jefferson Hotel after a dinner meeting hosted by President Barack Obama for a few Republican Senators in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) addresses a luncheon of Emily's List at the Hilton Washington Hotel January 18, 2009 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) speaks to the media after Senate joint caucus meeting, on Capitol Hill, July 15, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.)

<strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2012, file photo Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. In 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) speaks during a news conference to announce a plan to defund the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, at the U.S. Capitol March 13, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Senate Appropriations Committee member Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., holds up his Verizon cell phone as he questions Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), Gen. Keith B. Alexander, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 12, 2013, as Alexander testified before the committee's hearing on NSA surveillance. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection U.S. Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) questions Richard Cordray, nominee for director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on March 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham speaks during a joint press conference with fellow Republican Senator John McCain (unseen) on August 6, 2013 in Cairo. (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for term ending 1/3/17 U.S. Rep. Tim Scott smiles during a

press conference announcing him as Jim DeMint's replacement in the U.S. Senate at the South Carolina Statehouse on Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) <strong>Status:</strong> Retiring S.D. Senator Tim Johnson announces Tuesday, March 26, 2013 his retirement from the U.S. Senate after his term ends in early 2015 at the Al Neuharth Media Center in Vermillion, S.D. (AP Photo/Argus Leader, Jay Pickthorn)

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection WASHINGTON - MARCH 30: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) questions witnesses on Capitol Hill on March 30, 2011 in Washington, D.C.(Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2013, before the House Homeland Security subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security hearing on "A Study in Contrasts: House and Senate Approaches to Border Security". (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 photo, United States Sen. Mark warner, D-Va., raises his fist and celebrates Sen.-elect Timothy Kaine's win over Republican George Allen during his victory party in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) <strong>Status:</strong> Retiring United States Sen. Jay Rockefeller announces at the Culture Center Great Hall in Charleston, W.Va., Friday Jan. 11, 2013 that he will not seek a sixth term. (AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail,Craig Cunningham)

Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) <strong>Status:</strong> Running for reelection FILE - In this July 2, 2013 file photo, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., speaks in Pine Bluffs, Wyo. (AP Photo/Ben Neary, File)

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