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Susan Collins: Is the Senator from Utah aware of any other case in which a judicial nominee received a highly qualified rating from the…

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
Is the Senator from Utah aware of any other case in which a judicial nominee received a highly qualified rating from the ABA and was subject to a filibuster on the Senate floor?
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Susan Collins
Republican · Maine

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Questioning the precedent of filibustering a highly qualified judicial nominee.

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