On the recordJanuary 29, 2003
I would not do as some of my colleagues have on the other side, vote against a nominee, as they have of a Clinton nominee, because she had dared in her private practice to represent a labor union.
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Leahy criticizes colleagues for voting against nominees based on their representation of labor unions.
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