04/23/2012
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"proud that every Democrat will oppose Kennedy's nomination"
"Here’s the bottom line. The Republicans are already shutting down good chunks of the government. Democrats don’t want to shut down, but it’s in Republicans’ hands; it’s up to them."
"By now it's beyond clear that Mr. Kennedy is not remotely qualified to become the next secretary of HHS."
"In terms of trying to get in the appropriations bills undoing lots of the many things that they’ve done that are wrong, yes, we’re certainly going to make an effort to do that."