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If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees.
John Cornyn
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John Cornyn
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 2
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John Cornyn III
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