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Silver Surfer #1, 'The Origin of the Silver Surfer' (August 1968)

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iceweasel4/22/2010 3:19:32 am PDT

What GOP obstructionism?

Republicans Block Votes On 97 Federal Nominees In A Single Day

As Whitehouse and McCaskill began reading the names of stalled federal nominees, the Republicans at first didn’t even appear. Whitehouse then waited patiently for a Republican Senator to arrive on the floor. Minority Whip Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) finally appeared and began objecting to the two senators’ unanimous consent requests, ultimately blocking votes on 97 nominees. The Huffington Post has assembled a video compilation of Kyl blocking Whitehouse and McCaskill’s requests. Watch it:

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