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Senate abuse

Maybe President Donald Trump should nominate U.S. senators for every executive and judicial vacancy he needs to fill.

Then, the Senate could (ab)use its rules and keep every negative question or comment from being uttered during the confirmation debates.

Sylvia Ann Thompson,

Miami

This story was originally published February 11, 2017 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Senate abuse."

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