WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Sep 11, 2000 - 07:57 PM Senator Renews Threat to Block Nominations By Jim Abrams Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican senator renewed his campaign Monday to stop Senate votes on White House judicial nominations, saying President Clinton had violated an agreement on recess appointments. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., accused the president of undermining a spirit of cooperation when he made 17 temporary appointments while the Senate was not in session during August. The Constitution gives the president power to make temporary appointments during a congressional recess. The appointment stands during that session of Congress. But Inhofe, a fierce critic of Clinton, has contended that the president has abused this right to appoint nominees whose confirmations were in doubt because of questions raised in the GOP-led Senate about their qualifications. "I am announcing tonight I will put a hold on all judicial nominations for the rest of his term," Inhofe said. Clinton's term expires Jan. 20. Under Senate tradition, a single senator can put a "hold" on a nomination, which makes it more difficult to get the nomination to a vote. Inhofe acknowledged that his latest action might be an "empty threat" because of a lack of support from Republican leaders. He also put holds on all nominations after Clinton made appointments during the New Year's recess but was opposed by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss. Lott argued that the White House had tried to act in good faith in making the appointments, and the Senate should not hold up the nominations. Without Lott's support, Inhofe last February lost a 79-19 vote on stop confirmation of several judges. Democrats then were hitting the Republicans hard for causing delays in confirmation votes for minority nominees. Inhofe pointed to a 1985 agreement between President Reagan and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., then the majority leader, under which the president pledged to give notice of any coming recess appointments. Clinton agreed in June 1999 that this agreement was a "fair and constructive framework." The Oklahoma Republican said Clinton violated the agreement in August with "17 recess appointments in just an arrogant defiance of the Senate's prerogative of advice and consent." Among those appointed was Bill Lann Lee as assistant attorney general for civil rights, who faced strong opposition from some Senate Republicans. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! ****************************************************************************** ******************* A vote for Bush or Gore is a vote to continue Clinton policies! A vote for Buchanan is a vote to continue America! Therefore a vote for Gore or Bush is a wasted vote for America! Don't waste your vote! Vote for Patrick Buchanan! Today, candor compels us to admit that our vaunted two-party system is a snare and a delusion, a fraud upon the nation. Our two parties have become nothing but two wings of the same bird of prey... Patrick Buchanan <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
