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The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm former federal judge Michael Mukasey as the next attorney general but not without a pointed debate about his qualifications. The final vote was 53-40.

Courtesy of CapNews.Net, here are excerpts of the debate from: Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.; Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

Categories: Kentucky, Nevada, South Carolina, Vermont, Producer's Picks, Harry Reid, Security, Lindsey Graham, Patrick Leahy, Mitch McConnell, Civil Liberties, Law & Judiciary, Executive Branch

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Conservative blogger Michelle Malkin has been hard at work on the video front this week in rallying opposition to the Senate’s immigration bill. Backers of the measure failed to win enough votes today to prevent a filibuster.

Malkin’s work arguably was a factor in that decision. Here are the videos she used to decry what she calls the “shamnesty” bill and the lawmakers who support it:

Categories: Nevada, South Carolina, Producer's Picks, Security, John Ensign, Lindsey Graham, Immigration, Republicans

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