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Statement by White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler on the Senate Filibuster of Judge Robert Bacharach

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012.  

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Today, Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Judge Robert Bacharach to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Oklahoma.  Judge Bacharach’s qualifications are beyond dispute: he served as a federal judge for more than a dozen years, he was unanimously deemed “well qualified” by the American Bar Association, and he enjoys strong bipartisan support, including the backing of both of his Republican home-state Senators and…

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