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It appears judicial nominees Terrence W. Boyle and William Gerry Myers III will be the first to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on or about March 1. Myers has been down this road once before, whereas Boyle has faced a long battle just to get to this stage.

Democrats have promised to filibuster the Bush nominees again if they feel that they are too conservative. "Unless there's something that is new that I'm not aware of with each of these men and women, we will vote the same way we did in the past," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said Tuesday.

"They both will have a tough row to hoe, but Myers will have the toughest because we've already voted against him," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.

With a Senate comprised of 55 Republicans, 44 Democrats and a Democrat-leaning independent, Democrats still have the 40 votes necessary to uphold a filibuster.

"Either of these nominees would provide an early test for our colleagues across the aisle: Will they be tempered by the results of the last two elections or will they continue to obstruct the president's most well-qualified judicial nominees?" said Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.