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Sunny Judicial Hearings May Mask Clouds

By Paul Kane
Roll Call Staff
April 26, 2006, Midnight

All’s quiet on the judicial nomination front — for now, at least.

While Senate Republican leaders huddled late Tuesday to plot strategy on the next round of controversial nominations, the Judiciary Committee raced through one of its easiest and friendliest confirmation hearings in a long while.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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