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Blue Slip, Signed by W. Lee O’Daniel (D-TX), 1943

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Blue Slip, Signed by W. Lee O’Daniel (D-TX), 1943
Around 1917 the Judiciary Committee formalized the use of the “blue slip” on which a senator could register support for or opposition to a judicial nominee to serve in his or her state.
credit: National Archives and Records Administration