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The Butler Did It, Auctioning in Committee and Kavanaugh the Good Husband: Congressional Hits and Misses

By Thomas McKinless

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faced the Senate Judiciary Committee all week, while Rep. Billy Long relived his auctioneer days and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wondered if it could have been the butler who wrote the anonymous New York Times op-ed blasting President Donald Trump. Thumbnail photo: Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh arrives for his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Hart Building on September 4, 2018.(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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