On the recordJuly 29, 2012
The American people deserve better than this unprecedented partisan obstruction of the President's efforts to ensure a fair and functioning judiciary.
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presidency.ucsb.eduBarack Obama: “The American people deserve better than this unprecedented partisan obstruction of the President's efforts to ensure a…”
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Statement by White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler on the Senate Filibuster of Judge Robert Bacharach
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