talkingpointsmemo.com - 12/12/2008
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WASHINGTON (Friday, Dec. 12, 2008) - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today released the following statement urging Democrats and Republicans to work with the incoming administration to promptly confirm Eric Holder, President-elect Obama's designee to be Attorney ...
thehill.com - 12/16/2008
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thehill.com —
Senate Republicans have requested information about Attorney General
nominee Eric Holder’s role in the Elian Gonzales controversy
as part of a broad probe into his tenure with the Clinton administration and potential ties to presidential scandals ...
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GOP probes Holder’s role in Elian Gonzales case
suntimes.com - 12/17/2008
thinkprogress.org - 12/14/2008
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thinkprogress.org —
Senate Republicans, including Sens. Arlen Specter (R-PA), Chuck
Grassley (R-IA), and Jon Kyl (R-AZ), are trying delay
confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, raising questions about Holder’s role in the 2001 pardon of ...
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Rove Reportedly Will ‘Help Lead’ GOP’s Fight Against ...
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Partisan Flare-Up Over Pace Of Holder Hearings
TPMMuckraker —
... of Pat Leahy, the Judiciary chair who's pushing to begin hearings quickly.
Sheldon Whitehouse, who sits on the Judiciary committee, argued that the schedule was not out of keeping with precedent. He said that the average time between a presidential announcement of a nominee and the first hearing has been 29 days. If the Holder hearings began January 8th, that would be 38 days after the nomination was announced on December 1st.
And now Leahy himself has issued a lengthy statement reiterating his desire to stick to the January 8th start date.
Leahy ...
Leahy Is Disappointed...And Accommodating
Daily Kos —
... Just last week, in urging his Senate colleagues to "promptly consider and confirm" Eric Holder as Attorney General, Patrick Leahy said: ...
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