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Patrick Leahy: “It was not two nominees. It was three. The third one was not heard because for the first time in the history of the…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2017
It was not two nominees. It was three. The third one was not heard because for the first time in the history of the United States, the Senate refused to hold a hearing.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Leahy emphasizes the unprecedented refusal to hold a hearing for Garland.

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