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Harry Reid: “Yes, I am sure it is. Is the Senator aware of this editorial that says, paragraph No. 1, ``The Bush administration is…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2003
Yes, I am sure it is. Is the Senator aware of this editorial that says, paragraph No. 1, ``The Bush administration is missing the point in the Senate battle over Miguel Estrada, its controversial nominee to the powerful DC Circuit Court of Appeals. Democrats who have vowed to filibuster the nomination are not engaging in 'shameful politics,' as the President has put it, nor are they anti-Latino, as Republicans have cynically charged. They are insisting that the White House respect the Senate's role in confirming judicial nominees''?
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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Discussing the nomination of Miguel Estrada to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.

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