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Sheldon Whitehouse: “Either the hold will have been lifted, and then we can move to unanimous consent and clear these individuals who the…”

On the recordApril 21, 2010
Either the hold will have been lifted, and then we can move to unanimous consent and clear these individuals who the President has nominated and get them to work for the American people or, two, the Senator who has the secret hold will have to acknowledge publicly and become transparent and clear and candid with the rest of the body about who they are holding and why, or, three, they can engage in this rather obscure, shall we say, game of rotating holds, what I called the switcharoo, ducking out before the time runs and getting somebody else to actually have your hold for you but get in a proxy.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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govinfo.gov
Apr 21, 2010

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The speaker discusses the implications of secret holds on presidential nominations in the Senate.

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