Posted on 10/15/2003 10:51:25 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:26 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Democrats ended their boycott against President Bush's choice to head the Environmental Protection Agency, voting overwhelmingly yesterday to send the nomination of Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt to the Senate floor.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 16-2 with one abstention to allow a floor vote on the popular three-term Republican governor, who was nominated by Mr. Bush in August to replace former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman.
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