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Nominations Ensnare Senate

By John Stanton and Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
June 5, 2008, Midnight

Following a nearly daylong standoff between Senate Democrats and Republicans over President Bush’s judicial nominations, the two sides appeared close to a deal late Wednesday that would move some of his picks for the executive branch while freeing up a climate change measure that had been caught in the crossfire.

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