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Silent holds give individual senators enormous powers
The piece explains how anonymous holds allow a single senator to block nominations and legislation, delaying action and pressuring the Senate through rules. It cites Holder and Hollings as examples and notes calls for public disclosure of hold initiators, while acknowledging potential new holds on such reforms.
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Washington
Eric Holder
Senate
Jesse Helms
Senate Judiciary Committee
Holder
U.S
District of Columbia
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Senate Republicans
Federal Register
Richard Baker
Baker
Kennedy-Kassebaum
Klein
Justice
Janet Reno
Clinton
Orrin Hatch
Utah
Hatch
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Sarah Binder
Brookings Institution
Maine
George Mitchell
C-Span
Helms
David Seldin
Ron Wyden
D-Ore
Wyden