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the senate is expected to take up several high-profile judicial appointments. could graham block or delay any of these? hi, poppy. under senate rules, senator graham can single-handedly hold up the entire confirmation process. it would take 60 votes to use some procedural moves to get past his objections. as you know, 60 votes that 60-vote threshold is a high bar to pass. this is not something new to the administration. senator grade held up the nomination of john brennan to be cia director because he had questions about benghazi. he wanted to hear from the white house when the president first contacted the libyan government about the attack. so this is something the administration has had to deal with, this back and forth over the senate confirmation process. you may also remember over the summer senator rand paul, the republican of kentucky, put a hold on the confirmation of james coupmbe as fbi director

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