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Senate Republicans Delay Vote on Holder Nomination (Bloomberg)

 
Bloomberg - Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Republicans forced a one-week delay in the Judiciary Committee’s vote on Eric Holder’s nomination to be President Barack Obama’s attorney general. (link)

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