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On the recordJune 7, 2011
In Federalist Papers 76, Alexander Hamilton wrote, 'To what purpose then require the cooperation of the Senate? I answer, that the necessity of their concurrence would have a powerful, though, in general, a silent operation.'
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley cites Hamilton to illustrate the Senate's important role in nominations.

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