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Just look at the Judiciary Committee, You have some people on the Judiciary Committee who may well decide not to send the nomination to the floor, and now it all depends on what Democrats do.
Barbara Boxer
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Barbara Boxer
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: November 11
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