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Patrick Leahy: “Between 23 and 25, enough to fill a quarter of the vacancies that are pending. Of course, on Mr. Garland, he came before…”

On the recordMarch 19, 1997
Between 23 and 25, enough to fill a quarter of the vacancies that are pending. Of course, on Mr. Garland, he came before the committee in 1995 and was approved by the committee the first time in 1995. We are now in 1997. It is not moving with alacrity.
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Patrick Leahy
Democratic · Vermont

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Discussing judicial vacancies and the nomination process during Senate floor debate.

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