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President-elect Donald Trump’s hope for smooth confirmation processes for judges and appointments in his new administration will come under fire by Senate Democrats who are “plotting extraordinary measures” to stop his agenda, but some are quietly expressing concerns that a top Democrat isn’t up for the job. According to new reporting in Axios, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democrats are privately angsting over whether Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) “has the fire to fight Trump nominees as the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.” The longtime Illinois Democrat, who is als…

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