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Hyde Under Pressure Some see the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee as a genial, beloved figure. Others see him as an unbending, partisan ideologue. But nearly everyone sees the difficulty in his trying to get his committee to agree on anything. NPR's Brian Naylor looks at the pressure faced by Congressman Henry Hyde.

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Hyde Under Pressure

Hyde Under Pressure

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Some see the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee as a genial, beloved figure. Others see him as an unbending, partisan ideologue. But nearly everyone sees the difficulty in his trying to get his committee to agree on anything. NPR's Brian Naylor looks at the pressure faced by Congressman Henry Hyde.