Statement·other·said 2017-01-08
“In 2009, Mitch McConnell was the person that's saying, hey, we should get all the ethics information in before we do the hearings.”
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Mixedby PolitiFact
2017-01-08Reasoning
McConnell's February 2009 letter to Reid did demand ethics disclosures before hearings, but most Obama nominees had already been approved before that letter was sent.
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