An Obama administration official said today President Barack Obama will renominate Louis Butler as a federal judge in Wisconsin's western district. His nomination had been turned back in the U.S. Senate on Christmas Eve.

Butler, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, was among seven Obama appointees whose nominations were returned to the White House without action after Republicans in the Senate used a procedural maneuver to prevent a vote.

The administration official, who isn't authorized to speak publicly on the matter and asked to not be named, did not say when Obama will resubmit Butler's name.

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Louis B. Butler, Jr. to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin
56-57 years old.
He was sent to the full Senate previously on a 12-7 party line vote.


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