Clinton Takes Texas Senators to Task
President Clinton blasted Texas’ two Republican senators for opposing his choice of a Latino lawyer from El Paso to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals. Sens. Phil Gramm and Kay Bailey Hutchison said they would oppose the nomination of Enrique Moreno to serve on the court in New Orleans after an advisory group of 30 lawyers from across the state said the graduate of Harvard University’s law school lacked the necessary experience. Clinton said the American Bar Assn. gave Moreno its highest rating.
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