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The immediate concern, separate from the Senate race itself, is the committee vacuum Graham’s death creates. He chaired the Senate Budget Committee — a critical role at a moment when the reconciliation process is still grinding forward — and was one of Washington’s most influential voices on foreign policy at a moment when the Middle East situation demands exactly that kind of experienced, credible engagement. Those gaps don’t fill themselves, and Republican leadership needs to move quickly on both fronts.
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