To: Alighieri who wrote (230023 ) 4/20/2005 1:48:49 PM From: tejek Respond to He is considered one of Bush's most conservative advisers on foreign policy, and one of the most caustic. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee set no new date for a vote, but a delay of at least two weeks seems likely while the committee looks into new allegations, including those of a Dallas businesswoman who says an irate Bolton chased her through a hotel and threw things at her at an international conference a decade ago." "Republicans hold a 10-8 majority on the panel, and Lugar had sounded confident early in the session that he had the votes to prevail. He pushed hard for an immediate vote, over loud objection from Democrats. "The tide turned when Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich (news, bio, voting record) spoke for the first time. He did not attend Bolton's two-day confirmation hearing last week but had been presumed to be a supporter. "Biden read from what he said was a letter from a U.S. Agency for International Development worker in Kyrgyzstan who alleged Bolton harassed her — not sexually — while he was in private practice representing a company.
