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Sotomayor Proves Poor Lightning Rod for GOP

Nominee fight doesn't boost fundraising

Jun 22, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - After nearly a month in the public eye, Sonia Sotomayor isn’t proving nearly as controversial as Republicans had hoped, Politico reports. “She doesn’t have the punch out there in terms of fundraising and recruiting, at least so far," said Republican congressman John Thune. Things could change... More »

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 Sotomayor Confirmation  
 Hearings Start July 13 

Senate judiciary chair: it's a 'reasonable schedule'

Jun 9, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(AP) - Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor will convene on July 13, says the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman. Patrick Leahy said the date represents a "reasonable schedule" that would give committee members several more weeks to prepare. President Obama has urged the Senate to vote before it leaves... More »

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ANALYSIS

Sotomayor Will Likely Get Some GOP Votes

Limbaugh, Gingrich posturing belies thin Senate opposition

Jun 1, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite loud opposition from the likes of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh, many Republican senators may vote for Sonia Sotomayor, the New York Times reports. Strategists on both sides suspect that at least a third of the upper house’s 40 Republicans will back the Supreme Court nominee, including the... More »

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Newt Gingrich • Republican • Rush Limbaugh • Senate Republicans • Senate confirmation hearings • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

Analysis

Sotomayor Vote Carries Risks for These Senators

Judiciary committee members share spotlight with nominee

May 28, 09 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation looks likely, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some drama between here and there. Politico runs down which senators have the most to win—and the most to lose:  
  • Patrick Leahy: Facing his first nominee as judiciary chairman, Leahy’s
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Senate • Senate Democrats • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Jeff Sessions • Senate Republicans • Patrick Leahy • Charles Grassley • Senate confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • US Senate • Sonia Sotomayor

Sotomayor
Aced 2 Previous Senate Hearings

Tough questioning from GOP didn't faze court nominee

May 28, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are still debating how tough they'll be at Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing, but as the Washington Post reports, the Supreme Court nominee doesn't buckle under pressure. In the long-delayed 1997 hearing that elevated her to the Second Circuit, Sotomayor survived a GOP grilling on... More »

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Jeff Sessions • Senate confirmation hearings • US Circuit Court of Appeals • nominee • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

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GOP Can't Stop Her,
But They Can Look 'Silly'


May 26, 09 6:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor can take these numbers to heart as she awaits her Senate confirmation hearing. When she needed Senate approval for her current post in 1998, she got it by a vote of 67-29 (with not a single Democratic nay). Forty-six of those senators are still in office, and they... More »

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For Sessions, Confirmation Hearings May Feel Familiar

Specter's far right replacement once rejected by same committee

May 6, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even if Al Franken is seated, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee isn't guaranteed an easy confirmation process. The reason is Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Republican who inherited Arlen Specter's seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. The fiery Sessions knows the committee well: It blocked his bid to become a federal... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • Jeff Sessions • racism • Senate confirmation hearings • nominee • US Supreme Court • US District Court • President Obama

(Newser) - The sheer number of tax-related problems that have slowed confirmation of Obama nominees has some insisting the process has become tougher, Time reports. Not so, says Sen. Charles Grassley. “We are vetting nominees for the current administration the same way we vetted nominees for the previous administration,”... More »

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Congress • taxes • Senate Finance Committee • Charles Grassley • Senate confirmation hearings • nominee • tax records • Obama administration • Cabinet secretary

Senate OKs
Ron Kirk as
Trade Rep

Former Dallas mayor vows to enforce US export deals

Mar 18, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate today confirmed, in a 92-5 vote, former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk as US trade representative, the Dallas Morning News reports. With global trade declining for the first time in 27 years, Kirk has vowed to make countries fulfill their trade promises to the US. Kirk paid the IRS... More »

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international trade • Dallas • Senate confirmation hearings • US Trade Representative • President Obama • Ron Kirk

 Clinton Turns 
 Back on Burkle, $20M

Amount owed from former business deal may have diminished with economy

Mar 16, 09 9:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton has called it quits with Ron Burkle's Yucaipa Cos, walking away from a payment once estimated at up to $20 million, the Wall Street Journal reports. Clinton began distancing himself from Yucaipa in 2007 as Hillary Clinton’s run for the White House heated up, and continued to... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Ron Burkle • Bill Clinton • Dubai • Senate confirmation hearings • Yucaipa • Clinton Foundation

CIA Hopeful Panetta Retracts Torture Remarks

Backs off accusations that US deliberately sent suspects abroad

Feb 6, 09 1:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Leon Panetta today backed off on comments he made accusing the Bush administration of deliberately sending terror suspects abroad to be tortured, CQ Politics reports. "It's news to me," Sen Christopher Bond told the nominee to run the CIA. Panetta responded that he was referring to widely publicized... More »

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 Babs Backs Holder for AG 

Streisand urges fellow lefties to fight for Obama nominee

Jan 26, 09 1:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Barbra Streisand is using her star power to push for the speedy confirmation of Eric Holder as attorney general, Politico reports. In a letter, Babs asks like-minded people to sign a petition supporting a man who is “committed to liberty, the rule of law, and our constitutional rights.”... More »

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Attorney General • Senate confirmation hearings • Barbra Streisand • petition • Eric Holder • Obama administration • President Obama

GOP Questions Put Brakes on Holder Vote

Committee will wait
week on AG nominee, infuriating chair Leahy

Jan 21, 09 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - The Senate Judiciary Committee delayed today’s scheduled vote on Eric Holder’s confirmation by another week, CNN reports. Republican members engineered the move, saying they have questions about the attorney-general nominee’s stance on interrogation techniques. Chairman Patrick Leahy, who said he was “extremely disappointed,” banged down... More »

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 Cornyn Yields; 
 Clinton Vote 
 Near 

Confirmation of State nominee could come within hours

Jan 21, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican Sen. John Cornyn removed his call for a roll-call vote in the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as secretary of State today, paving the way for a quick vote within two hours, the Hill reports. “I intend to vote for her confirmation,” Cornyn said, “but I also... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • John McCain • John Kerry • secretary of State • John Cornyn • vote • Senate confirmation hearings • President Obama • Cabinet secretary

UPDATED

 Geithner 
 Sorry, 
 Blames 
 TurboTax 

Treasury nominee, at confirmation hearings, apologizes for tax missteps

Jan 21, 09 10:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Timothy Geithner apologized for failing to pay $34,000 in taxes today in his Senate confirmation hearing. “I should have been more careful,” the would-be Treasury secretary said, calling them careless, avoidable mistakes. When asked how he prepared the taxes he replied, “I will answer that, but... More »

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ANALYSIS

Geithner's Nomination Is Unlikely to Fail

Taxes, schmaxes: Senate wants to know
if he can fix economy

Jan 21, 09 8:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The herculean task awaiting Timothy Geithner is so critical to the nation that a niggling detail like unpaid taxes is unlikely to derail his bid to head up the Treasury Department, writes Deborah Solomon in the Wall Street Journal. While senators will likely press Geithner about his missteps during his... More »

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Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • Senate confirmation hearings • Obama administration • payroll taxes • Treasury secretary • Timothy Geithner • TARP

(Newser) - The Senate met after the inauguration today and promptly confirmed seven of President Obama’s nominees by unanimous vote, with the notable exception of Hillary Clinton, the Chicago Tribune reports. A vote on Clinton has been scheduled for tomorrow after Harry Reid and Sen. John Cronyn, who has concerns... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • Senate confirmation hearings • Ken Salazar • Tom Vilsack • Janet Napolitano • Obama administration • President Obama • Cabinet secretary • Arne Duncan • Steven Chu • Eric Shinseki

 Clinton, Cornyn Share Words 


Jan 20, 09 3:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and John Cornyn shared some spirited words today after the inauguration, Politico reports. Cornyn is blocking a Senate vote today on Clinton’s confirmation as secretary of state over concerns about the transparency of Bill Clinton’s foundation. While the conversation seemed animated, a rep for Cornyn said... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Bill Clinton • John Cornyn • delay • Senate confirmation hearings • Clinton Foundation • transparency • President Obama

UPDATED

 Holder Slams 
 Rendition, Tribunals 

Attorney-general nominee signals clear break with Bush practices

Jan 15, 09 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Attorney General-designate Eric Holder continued his forceful rebuke of Bush administration policies at his confirmation hearing today, Politico reports. Holder slammed rendition, saying it “should not be the policy or practice of our great nation,” and criticized the military commissions trying Guantanamo detainees. They don’t “have... More »

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rendition • Department of Justice • military tribunal • Attorney General • Guantanamo Bay • Senate confirmation hearings • Eric Holder

 Schapiro Pledges to 
 'Reinvigorate' SEC 

Obama nominee wants better cooperation among agencies in nabbing next Madoff

Jan 15, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - Mary Schapiro, Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, told senators today she would make enforcement a top priority, CNN reports. Her confirmation hearing was also peppered with questions about how Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme slipped past regulators; Schapiro currently heads an industry watchdog group.... More »

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Barack Obama • SEC • Senate confirmation hearings • Ponzi scheme • chairman • President Obama • Bernard Madoff • Mary Schapiro

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