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  • Why I voted against Judge Kavanaugh

    Heidi Heitkamp, U.S. Senator|Oct 15, 2018

    In the year 2000, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Back then, I was given a 28 percent chance of living 10 years – and I beat the disease. One of the many lessons I learned from that experience is this: we each have a bank of time in our lives, and it’s up to us to determine how we spend it. I promised myself that I wouldn’t waste my time. It’s one of many reasons that my vote against Judge Brett Kavanaugh wasn’t about politics. Rather, it was about the duty and responsibility I have as a U.S. senator to exercise my judgement to support a...

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