Senators Exert Power During Confirmation Process
Posted: January 11, 2013
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TweetPresident Obama's second-term Cabinet is beginning to take shape — that is, if the Senate confirms his nominees. It only takes one senator to put the brakes on a nomination, or at least to slow it down.
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