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Bradley Confirmation to Be Held Up

By Steve Hall

"Nomination slowed after Democrats balk," is the title of Mike Ward's report in the Austin American-Statesman. In a bid to defuse a partisan showdown, the name of Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley was temporarily stricken Tuesday from a list of nominees to be submitted to the full Senate for confirmation. Nominations Committee Chairman Bob Deuell, R-Greenville, said he plans to submit the list of Monday's nominees to the Senate for approval ? possibly as early as today ? without Bradley's name. "I'm pulling him off the list for now, yes," Deuell said. "I want to let things settle down and then see where we are. If we put him out there now, (Democrats) would sever him (from the rest of the nominees) and block him...continue to full post

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