Q&A: Blue Slips
August 29, 2025
August 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release:
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Q&A: Blue Slips
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Q: What is the blue slip tradition in the U.S. Senate?
A: The blue slip refers to a paper form, literally a blue piece of paper, the Senate Judiciary Committee has used for more than a century to give home-state senators the courtesy to show their endorsement or disapproval for a presidential nomination in their . . .
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Q&A: Blue Slips
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Q: What is the blue slip tradition in the U.S. Senate?
A: The blue slip refers to a paper form, literally a blue piece of paper, the Senate Judiciary Committee has used for more than a century to give home-state senators the courtesy to show their endorsement or disapproval for a presidential nomination in their . . .