Federal Judgeship Nomination
On March 3, 2006, Donohue informed reporters that her name had been submitted by Pataki to President George W. Bush for nomination to a United States District Court judgeship in Upstate New York. On June 27, 2006, the White House announced that Donohue has been nominated to the judgeship. Her nomination went to the U.S. Senate for confirmation, where it was not brought up by the Senate Judiciary Committee before the 109th Congress adjourned on December 10, 2006. Sen. Charles Schumer indicated that he did not see Donohue's nomination being able to be confirmed by the United States Senate in the 110th Congress, when the Democrats have the Senate majority.
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