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    What Will the Senate's Nuclear Winter Bring?

    Now that Democrats in the Senate have changed the rules for confirmation, President Obama has submitted a long list of nominees for vacant jobs in the administration and on federal courts all over the country.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Now that Democrats in the Senate have changed the rules for confirmation, President Obama has submitted a long list of nominees for vacant jobs in the administration and on federal courts all over the country. Ron Brownstein is political director of the National Journal Group and author of The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Ron Brownstein

      Senior Editor, The Atlantic; political analyst, CNN; author

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Fifty Years Later: The Legacy of JFK
    1. 0:00What Will the Senate's Nuclear Winter Bring?You’re reading this
    2. 8:35Fifty Years Later: The Legacy of JFK
    3. 43:24FCC Considering Cell Phone Use in the Air
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