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Posted on Mon, Jun. 20, 2005

Bush may bypass Senate as Democrats again block U.N. nominee

BY JAMES KUHNHENN
Knight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Senate Democrats on Monday once again blocked
the nomination of John Bolton to be America's ambassador to the
United Nations, setting the stage for President Bush to consider
bypassing Senate confirmation by appointing Bolton while Congress is
on a weeklong July Fourth recess.

Democrats complained that the White House has refused to turn over
information about Bolton's activities while he was an official at the
State Department, which they say is crucial to determining his
fitness for the U.N. post.

Only three Democrats sided with Republicans in an attempt to end
debate and bring up the nomination for a final vote. Sen. George
Voinovich of Ohio, a Republican who opposes Bolton's nomination,
voted with the Democrats. Under Senate rules, Republicans needed 60
of the senators' 100 votes to end debate, but they mustered only 54.

"They put partisanship ahead of the Constitution and the Senate's
right to receive information from the executive branch of
government," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday
of the Bush administration. "Unless the president comes forward with
information which we're certain we're constitutionally entitled to,
Bolton will not get enough votes" to end debate on his nomination and
move to a decisive vote, Reid said.

On Monday, White House officials told one key Democrat that they were
willing to provide some but not all of the material Democrats had
requested. Democrats refused the offer and cast their challenge to
Bolton as a defense of the Senate's institutional rights rather than
the merits of his nomination.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansas...s/politics/119



Quack attack: quack, quack, quack, quack.



Clinton did a recess appointment of the Ambassador to Saudi
Arabia...so what's your point?




How many major appointments did Clinton make of candidates refused a
vote in the US Senate?


He made 56 recess appointments in the first 6 1/2 years of his
Presidency. I couldn't find statistics for the last year and half.

So how many did Bush make?




How many recess appointments to major positions did Clinton make of
candidates refused a vote in the US Senate?

And if you find any, the second question:

How many recess appointments to major positions did Clinton make of
candidates TWICE refused a vote in the US senate?


Do your own research if you want to find the exact number. However,
James Hormel and Roger Gregory are two of the more high-profile
individuals who come to mind.



We're talking major positions here, not ambassadorships to minor countries
and court appointments, in which all presidents engage.

You keep narrowing the scope of your question to fit your argument.


Many consider UN ambassador as a virtual cabinet-level position.

Many? Who's "many"?