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Government

Mar. 26, 2010

Senate GOP Blocks Judge Hearing

Senate Republicans blocked a hearing Wednesday for UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu's nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to instead focus on the continuing legislative warfare over health care.

By Robert Iafolla

Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans blocked a hearing Wednesday for UC Berkeley School of Law professor Goodwin Liu's nomination to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to instead focus on the continuing legislative warfare over health care.

Republicans began using a procedural rule to halt progress in many committees shortly after President Barack Obama signed the health care refor...

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