1.0 link 150553 <![CDATA[Leahy Won't Give In To GOP On Holder, Blames Rove]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/12/leahy-wont-give-in-to-gop_n_150553.html The Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee signaled on Friday that he will not acquiesce to GOP complaints and would stick to his original timeline for considering the nomination of Eric Holder as Attorney General.

In a lengthy statement from his office, Sen. Patrick Leahy offered no indication that he would move hearings on the Holder appointment from their scheduled date of January 8th. Moreover, he called GOP complaints that the nomination was being too quickly considered a fabricated and hypocritical...

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