---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Eric Reeves <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 6:56 AM Subject: Petition to Halt Confirmation of Scott Gration as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya To: Eric Reeves <[email protected]>
Petition to Halt Confirmation of Scott Gration as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya, February 27, 2011 http://www.change.org/petitions/ask-your-senator-to-vote-against-confirmation-of-scott-gration-as-ambassador-to-kenya See for background: “Senate Should Not Confirm Scott Gration as U.S. Ambassador to Kenya” Dissent Magazine, February 25, 2011 http://dissentmagazine.org/online.php?id=453 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote sometime within the next 10 days: The Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is John Kerry, the ranking member is Richard Lugar; the full roster of committee membership can be found at: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/committees.tt?commid=sfore By clicking on a specific senator, and clicking on "Staff," you'll probably turn up the chief of staff and another senior staffer; her/his email will be: "firstname_lastname@senator'slastname.senate.gov...thus for John Kerry, whose chief of staff is David Wade: [email protected] for a guide to all senators, and their senior staff, go to http://www.congress.org/congressorg/directory/congdir.tt The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing in the very near future. It will vote on the President’s appointment of Gration, and then send its recommendation to the full Senate, which then takes the final vote (a simple majority is required to confirm). A "hold" may be placed on any appointment by any senator, requiring a cloture vote (60 senators) to be lifted. _____________________________ Eric Reeves Smith College Northampton, MA 01063 [email protected] 413-585-3326 www.sudanreeves.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
