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Mike Lee: “If the Governor feels she did not get good names here, she can reject the whole batch and ask for more names.”

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
If the Governor feels she did not get good names here, she can reject the whole batch and ask for more names.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

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Discussing the Governor's power to reject judicial appointment nominations.

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