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On the recordJune 4, 2008
First of all, I literally mean that. I don't know what States they are from. I don't know whether the Senators are Democrats, Republicans, States with both. We have not let that stand in our way in the past with district court judges, but there may be somebody who doesn't like one of them for some reason. You know how things go around here. I can't imagine it would be all of them.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Discussing the confirmation of district court judges during Senate floor debate.

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