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Cord Byrd: “Yes. Mr. McCONNELL. We have not been filibustering judges during this first session of Congress, and we have been giving…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2005
Yes. Mr. McCONNELL. We have not been filibustering judges during this first session of Congress, and we have been giving judges an up-or-down vote as a direct result of the Senate's collective decision to sort of step back from the brink and honor the traditions of the Senate. Has that not been the case, I ask my friend, the majority leader?
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