Posted on 10/15/2003 6:15:15 PM PDT by visualops
WASHINGTON – Ending a boycott, Democrats on the Senate Environment Committee joined Republicans in voting overwhelmingly to send Mike Leavitt's nomination as head of the Environmental Protection Agency to the Senate floor for a vote. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 16-2 today to advance the Utah governor's nomination.
Democrat Sens. Hillary Clinton of New York and Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut voted no, and Democrats continued to voice strong concerns about the Bush administration's environmental policies.
"We're not even treading water, we're going backwards," said Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev.
.... Inhofe and the nine other Republican members on the committee angrily denounced the missing Democrats when they didn't show up at a meeting on Oct. 1, delaying the decision on the nomination. The GOP members voted symbolically to back Leavitt even though there not enough committee members present to make it official.
From the committee, Leavitt's nomination goes to the full Senate, where at least five Democrats said they planned to block it from coming to a vote until their demands for information are met.
Those who have said they would stand in the way include three committee members, Lieberman, who is vying for the Democrats' presidential nomination, and Sens. Bob Graham, D-Fla., and Clinton, as well as two other Senate Democrats running for president, John Kerry of Massachusetts and John Edwards of North Carolina.
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They continue to block them because we voted for a majority of gutless pussys! Quite frankly as much as I hate and loathe Democraps, at least they have balls enough in a minority to be the real leaders of the Senate. I swear we could elect 99 Republicans, and that 1 lone Democrap will be allowed to fillabuster! Frisk is as effective as Lott. Another spineless dishrag for a leader!
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