05/22/2012
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"We are doing this--rather than eliminating Senate consideration in its entirety--in order to ensure that these politically-balanced boards remain bipartisan."
"I have been sitting at the other end of Senator Leahy's Judiciary Committee for a long time."
"The American people have the bottom-line stake here and they have a right to know who is putting up the money."
"Wealthy individuals and special interests are buying our elections."