"You don't have to say it; they know," she said. "They know, because Patrick Leahy has been in the forefront of saying they would never filibuster judges in the past."
But Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin G. Hatch, Utah Republican, said he doesn't want to match the Democrats with filibuster for filibuster.
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