ck4829
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:10 PM
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Whatever happened to "up or down vote"? |
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Bush nominates another controversial person to a post that doesn't need Senate confirmation.
Susan Orr, abstinence education advocate, will become head of family planning services.
Orr joins the likes of Iran-Contra convict Elliot Abrams in getting into powerful positions in the government but not needing Senate confirmation to get in.
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:13 PM
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1. November 2006 changed all of that |
Laura PourMeADrink
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Thu Oct-18-07 08:14 PM
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2. I don't know if this position is the same - but there was an article |
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in NY Times the other day how Bush is getting around the confirmation process by appointing people as "acting"
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Tue Apr 30th 2024, 08:52 PM
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