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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: JDN who wrote (272794)7/10/2002 4:16:45 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Negative! ANY Senator can put a 'hold' (secret or otherwise) on confirmations.

Rules of the Senate.

McCain is pissed because the holdovers at the FEC are gutting his campaign finance bill... all out of the limelight.

So, it's a 'hold' to stop a 'hold' :)

Pretty funny, really.