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Ashcroft wasn’t alone in completely politicizing the confirmation process. Late in the month, the crime bill came to a vote again. In August it gets hot in Washington, and Congress usually leaves town. In his closing argument to the Senate, Henry Hyde finally gave his interpretation of the constitutional meanin