Sen. Shelby puts a "hold" on most (if not all) pending nominations

[mick e]

Press Register wrote:
Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C., think tank, could recall only one other example.

In 2003, then-Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, used a blanket hold to prod the Air Force to furnish more planes to an Air National Guard unit. Craig backed down after the maneuver became public, Ornstein said, adding that it affected military officers whose promotions needed a Senate signoff.

"It disrupted a lot of people's lives," Ornstein said.

http://blog.al.com/live/2010/02/sen_rich..._obam.html

Here's hoping Shelby has a "wide stance" on this issue.