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On the recordApril 21, 2010
I find abuses, the way I have seen in recent years, on holds placed on confirmation process, and holds placed on uncontroversial items, to be used as leverage elsewhere.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Reid criticizes the misuse of holds in the Senate.

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