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Specter to vote for Holder
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/28/2009
Specter to vote for Holder
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From NBC's Pete Williams Arlen Specter , the Pennsylvania Republican who is the ranking minority member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said today he'll support Eric Holder when the committee votes on the nomination Wednesday. Committee Republicans had asked to have the vote delayed a week to further examine Holder's record and to seek written answers to other questions. Sen. Specter himself appeared highly skeptical during a confirmation hearing earlier this month. But Specter said, ...

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Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News:  SPECTER TO VOTE FOR HOLDER

washingtontimes.com - 1/28/2009
EXCLUSIVE: Holder assures GOP on prosecution
— washingtontimes.com — By: ErikTheDread It's hard to believe Bond. Even if what he's saying is true (which I find hard to believe), do Republicans REALLY want to go down this road? Extracting pre hoc promises from nominees that would be binding after confirmation? Does Bond ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Holder assures GOP on prosecution

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Talking Points Memo | Holder Aide: We Made No Special Promises to Bond
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/28/2009
Talking Points Memo | Holder Aide: We Made No Special Promises to Bond
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — My colleague Zack at TPMmuck just heard from an aide to Attorney General nominee Eric Holder. The aide definitively denied Sen. Kit Bond's (R-MO) claim that Holder had given him "assurances" of avoiding future prosecutions of Bush intelligence ... (more) Talking Points Memo | Holder Aide: We Made No Special ...

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/27/2009
Specter: Psych! I'll Back Holder
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — It may be time to coin the phrase "pulling a Specter," because Sen. Arlen Specter (PA), the senior Republican on the Judiciary Committee, just did it again . After making a huge fuss questioning the independence of Eric Holder, Specter just caved and ... (more) Specter: Psych! I'll Back Holder

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SPECTER TO VOTE FOR HOLDER
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Specter said he was also impressed by enthusiastic endorsements from Louis Freeh, the former FBI director, and from James Comey, a former deputy attorney general under President George H.W. Bush. Specter said he believes Holder will receive "significant" Republican backing but declined to predict the outcome. With the new Senate composition, the Judiciary Committee is now 11 Democrats and eight Republicans. It was was a 10-9 Democratic majority in the last Congress. Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/01/27/17634... Maybe now we can get the show on the ...

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