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Republicans challenge Trump on ‘outdated’ 107-year-old Senate tradition

Republicans challenge Trump on ‘outdated’ 107-year-old Senate tradition

President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees is “old and outdated.” Republican senators disagree. Trump has been complaining about what’s called the blue slip process for weeks and has pushed Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to abandon the practice. But the …

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