ROLL CALL newspaper is reporting this afternoon that last week Sen. Mark Dayton placed holds on all judicial nominees from Mississippi in retribution for Sen. Trent Lott (R-Mississippi) siding with "a powerful airline" in a fight over jet engine noise. (Roll Call is a paid subscription web site.) The paper says although holds on executive and judicial nominees is now a common Senate practice, it is rare that a Senator single out another Senator for personal retribution.
Dayton's move pertains to Sen. Lott's insertion of a provision into the FAA re-authorization bill that limits the use of federal dollars to help pay to soundproof homes surrounding the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. The holds were released earlier this week when the issue was resolved--the paper does not say how. Does anyone know? "Many Capitol Hill insiders took notice of Datyon taking such bold action. The Minnesota Democrat is viewed as a quiet legislator, a Senator who is still learning the political and legislative ropes. 'He went after Northwest Airlines, a major employer in his state,' said a Senate Democratic aide. 'How smart is that?'" . . . "But Dayton's Democratic colleagues said they are not surprised by his in-your-face approach on this issue. 'Mark is a very passionate guy and feels very strongly about certain things and he expresses himself in our Caucus in a very assertive way on some of these issues,' said Sen. Bryan Dorgan (D-N.D.). 'He has emerged as somebody, although quiet, who has a great passion about certain issues. He is tenacious.'" Bill Dooley Kenny REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
