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Ed Markey: I was absent from the rollcall vote on the nomination of Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. to be United States District Judge for…

On the recordDecember 4, 2014
I was absent from the rollcall vote on the nomination of Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Had I been present, I would have opposed his nomination. ____________________
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts
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Dec 4, 2014

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