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(47,460 posts) Sat Jan 6, 2018, 10:28 PM Jan 2018

Good Luck, Senator Gillibrand in objecting to the new U.S. attorney

in Manhattan. Yes, Senators can raise objections, even without reasons, to nominating judges and attorneys from their states. Ask Franken how it worked for him.

Oops, forgot, Grassley decided to follow anyway on the same day that ... well, you know. You can search it. A day which will live in infamy.

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Good Luck, Senator Gillibrand in objecting to the new U.S. attorney (Original Post) question everything Jan 2018 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Glorfindel Jan 2018 #1

She Could Put A Hold On Him Me. Jan 2018 #2

This is what Franken did. It is called the "Blue slip" question everything Jan 2018 #3

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Glorfindel This message was self-deleted by its author.

Me.

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2. She Could Put A Hold On Him

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Sun Jan 7, 2018, 12:50 AM

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question everything

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3. This is what Franken did. It is called the "Blue slip"

Reply to Me. (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 12:54 AM

Jan 2018

But once she and others ganged on Franken, Grassley decided that he was not going to honor the Blue Slip and put the nomination ahead.

Of course, during the Obama administration Republicans waved their blue slips and no one challenged them

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