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<\/a>From ‘Megavote’ e-mail from <\/a>Congress.org:<\/p>\n

“The Senate passed this bill that would prohibit the attorney general from filling U.S. attorney vacancies for an indefinite time period.”
\n
\nS.214 as Amended; Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007
\n
\nOn Passage of the Bill
\n03\/20\/2007
\nSenate Roll Call No. 81
\n110th Congress, 1st Session
\nPassed: 94-2 (see complete tally)
\nBy 94 yeas to 2 nays (Vote No. 81), Senate passed S. 214, to amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to preserve the independence of United States attorneys, agreeing to the committee amendment.<\/p>\n

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From ‘Megavote’ e-mail from Congress.org: “The Senate passed this bill that would prohibit the attorney general from filling U.S. attorney vacancies for an indefinite time period.” S.214 as Amended; Preserving United States Attorney Independence Act of 2007 On Passage of the Bill 03\/20\/2007 Senate Roll Call No. 81 110th Congress, 1st Session Passed: 94-2 (see…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[122,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bush_era","category-related-news2"],"yoast_head":"\nSLAP! 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