Biden Blasts Garland Block, Says 'Biden Rule' Doesn't Exist

By Jimmy Hoover (March 24, 2016, 6:01 PM EDT) -- Vice President Joe Biden vigorously denied on Thursday that a 1992 speech, referred to as the "Biden Rule," advocated against Senate consideration of election-year U.S. Supreme Court nominees, saying Republicans using the speech as ammo against D.C. Circuit Chief Judge Merrick B. Garland's confirmation are ignoring a crucial detail....

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