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WASHINGTON -- The drumbeat of doubt from Republican senators over the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet E. Miers grew louder on Tuesday as several lawmakers, including a pivotal conservative on the Judiciary Committee, voiced new concerns about her selection. Emerging from a weekly luncheon of Republican senators in which they discussed the troubled nomination, several lawmakers suggested that as Miers continues her visits on Capitol Hill, she is not winning over Republican lawmakers.
"I am uneasy about where we are," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican on the Judiciary Committee who had so far expressed only support for the president's choice. "Some conservative people are concerned, that is pretty obvious," Sessions said.See the full content of this document
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Gop Doubt Over Choice of Miers Grows
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota called Republican sentiment toward Miers' nomination "a question mark."
"There is an awful lot of Republican senators who are saying we are going to wait and see," he said.Sen. Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican in the politi...See the full content of this document
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