On the recordMarch 28, 2011
I think we are going to try to take about 400 or 450 out of that so that we reduce by about 30, 35 percent the number of positions that require confirmation.
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congress.govChuck Schumer: “I think we are going to try to take about 400 or 450 out of that so that we reduce by about 30, 35 percent the number of…”
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Schumer discusses reducing the number of Senate-confirmable positions.
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