All Four U.S. Attorneys Spots Open in Texas
Texas holds the dubious distinction of having more unfilled U.S. Attorney positions than any other state — and that isn’t going to change soon.
Currently, none of the four Texas districts have "presidentially confirmed" federal prosecutors, who are responsible for enforcing federal laws. Last week, John B. Stevens, a state district judge in Beaumont who was Barack Obama's only nominee in Texas, withdrew his name from consideration, citing the protracted confirmation process.
The continuing vacancies owe partly to skirmishing between the state’s GOP senators and the Democratic House delegation over who wields the power to recommend nominees ...
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Joe Estep via Texas Tribune on Facebook
The silver lining is that they will continue to work as they did under W and not be indebted to Obama.