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Ray Suarez then discusses using ideology as a confirmation for federal judges with Marcia Greenberger, co-president of the National Women's Law Center, and Thomas Jipping, vice president for legal policy at The Free Congress Foundation.

For more on the standoff between the General Accounting Office and the White House over access to information Suarez talks to Rep. Henry Waxman, ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Government Reform.