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Congressional Chronicle - Palpable Anger Is in the Air

by Kirk Victor

Sat. Nov. 3, 2007


Wade Henderson is no political bomb thrower. Yet Henderson, who heads the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the nation's largest civil- and human-rights advocacy coalition, was so distraught over the Senate's recent confirmation of Leslie Southwick to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit that he did something unusual.


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Previously in Congressional Chronicle

  • 09 15, 2007 Congressional Chronicle - Behind the Sound Bites
  • 07 28, 2007 Congressional Chronicle - Retreating to Their Bases
  • 07 21, 2007 Congressional Chronicle - A Free Kick for the Democrats
  • 06 02, 2007 Congressional Chronicle - The Fog of War
  • 03 10, 2007 Congressional Chronicle - Surging Optimism

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