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Catherine Cortez Masto: “My understanding--and this may be wrong, but President Trump has been historically slow in submitting nominations to the…”

On the recordDecember 18, 2017
My understanding--and this may be wrong, but President Trump has been historically slow in submitting nominations to the Senate; 250 out of 624 positions requiring Senate confirmation are still without a nominee.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto criticizes Trump's slow nomination process compared to past presidents.

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