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On the recordSeptember 3, 2018
I believe you have repeatedly and enthusiastically embraced an interpretation of Presidential power so expansive that it could result in a dangerously unaccountable President.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Durbin warns about Kavanaugh's interpretation of presidential power.

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