The U.S. Senate Foreign Committee votes today on John Bolton's nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, according to the Rocky Mountain News [April 19, 2005, "U.N. nominee Bolton faces showdown vote"]. How will Lincoln Chaffee and Chuck Hagel vote? Democrats hope to stall the nomination in committee.
Coyote Gulch predicts that the Bolton nomination will make it out of committee today. He's the President's man and that carries a lot of weight.
Meanwhile James Dobson's attacks on Ken Salazar and 20 other U.S. Senators have started, according to the Rocky Mountain News [April 19, 2005, "Focus faction attacks Salazar"]. From the article, "Salazar was among 21 senators in 17 states targeted in a newspaper ad blitz launched by Focus on the Family Action, an offshoot of James Dobson's ministry. The ad assailed senators who either oppose the Bush nominees or are threatening to use the filibuster to block judges they consider unfit for the nation's higher courts. Focus and other groups are demanding an end to judicial filibusters and an up or down vote in the Senate on the nominees...Sunday, Dobson will join other evangelical Christians and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist in what they have dubbed 'Justice Sunday.' It will include simultaneous broadcasts to churches around the country to generate support to end the filibuster rule and move the judicial nominees to a Senate vote."
Category: 2004 Presidential Transition
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