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GOP flexes its muscles

TexasBred

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From the vote it looks like he didn't have a lot of support from the Dems. either. Maybe both sides of the aisle are senting Barracko a message.
 

Steve

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reader (the Second) said:
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked David Hayes from taking the No. 2 spot at the Interior Department, using their remaining political muscle to express displeasure over the Obama administration's energy policies.

The 57-39 vote fell short of the number necessary to proceed with a vote on confirming Mr. Hayes as deputy Interior Secretary. Mr. Hayes previously held the same position in the Clinton administration, from 1997 through 2001.

Republicans blocked Mr. Hayes mainly to protest the Interior Department's decision earlier this year to cancel 77 leases to drill for oil and gas in wilderness areas of Utah. Republicans have been trying to promote domestic oil and gas production, but Democrats have been concerned about opening up environmentally sensitive areas to drilling and instead emphasized greater reliance on renewable resources.

I thought Obama was going to stop the "revolving door" in Wastington?
 
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Anonymous

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Republican opposition to Hayes' nomination was led by Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah, who expressed anger over Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's recent decision to revoke 77 oil and gas leases in Utah. He was joined by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who raised questions about the administration's plans for oil and gas development and objected to recent reversals of several Bush-era rules on endangered species and mountaintop mining.

Senate Democrats, who were joined by Salazar at the Capitol on Wednesday, said the move was an effort to stall the new administration from carrying out its agenda.

Near the top of the list is cleaning up a department that in recent years has been embroiled in scandals that included contract rigging and instances of employees having romantic relationships with workers at oil companies doing business with the government.

"It may be uncomfortable for some to watch us have to clean up mess after mess _ from corruption to lawbreaking _ that is the previous administration's legacy at Interior, but to cast a vote against such a qualified and fine person is the height of cynicism," Salazar said in a statement following the vote.

Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Democrats would make a second attempt to gain 60 votes as soon as next week. Three Democrats _ Sens. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland as well as Sens. John Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts _ did not vote. Their presence would have left Hayes with 60 votes, the total needed to overcome GOP objections.

"With their votes next week he will be approved," Durbin told reporters.
 

Steve

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reader (the Second) said:
TexasBred said:
Mike said:
Appears to be bi-partisan by the vote tally.

Wassup with the "Muscle Flexing" title?


It screams "read me first". :wink:

I was just pulling the idiom out of the article itself.

What about revolving door? Did he go from Govt to Industry and then back into Govt? If so, the article didn't say so. That's what revolving door means in DC speak.

lets see,.. YES Hayes worked for Clinton.. didn't work for Bush.. so either he sat around or he had a job.... like this one,..

Hayes,.. practiced environmental and energy law as Global Chairman of the Environment, Land and Resources department at the firm of Latham & Watkins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_J._Hayes

and then returned to work for Obama... revolving door?, if there ever was a definition,.. this guy is it..
 
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