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MADELEINE BRAND
NPR Special
05-18-2005
Analysis: Senate begins debate on the use of filibusters to defeat Bush's judicial nominees

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From NPR West and Slate magazine online, this is DAY TO DAY. I'm Madeleine Brand.

Coming up, Los Angeles has a new mayor, the first Latino to hold that office in more than 130 years.

But, first, to Washington politics. The Senate today began a potentially historic debate on the use of filibusters to defeat the president's judicial nominees. The Senate's minority Democrats used the delaying technique ...

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