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On the recordOctober 26, 2021
we were denied the ability to move two nominees that under any other administration would have gone by voice vote.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy highlights Republican obstruction of noncontroversial nominees for overseeing U.S. expenditures in Afghanistan.

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