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On the recordSeptember 21, 2020
Merrick Garland should have been given a vote, and nobody talked back then about oh, well, the President was of a different party and that is why the Rule exist.
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Frank Pallone
Democratic · New Jersey
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Pallone criticizes the Senate for not voting on Garland's nomination.

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