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« on: November 30, 2013, 03:21:36 PM »
Note that Orrin Hatch set a precedent of ignoring blue slips when it caused unseemly delays for Bush's nominees.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/11/blue-slip-battle-senate-obstructionists-secret-weapon.html
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