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On the recordMarch 8, 2010
Mr. President, I am now going to speak about the subject of gridlock which confronts this body and the use of the reconciliation process to enact comprehensive health care reform. We have seen an extraordinary display of gridlock, evidenced at the present time. We have some 30 judicial nominees which are pending, and I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the list of nominees following my remarks. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (See exhibit 1.)
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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