-Caveat Lector- [Fox News has it that the committee confirmed him, while the Washington Post spins the 9-9 vote precisely the other direction.?? --MS] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39897-2001May17.html Committee Rejects Olson Nomination; Vote Could Reach Senate Floor By Thomas B. Edsall Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, May 17, 2001; 12:42 PM The Senate Judiciary Committee today rejected on a partisan tie vote the controversial nomination of Theodore B. Olson to become solicitor general, but the Senate Republican majority leader is virtually certain to seek to bring the nomination to the full Senate through a discharge petition. Olson, whose nomination has been slowed by allegations that his testimony to the committee was evasive and lacked candor, was strongly defended by the committee chairman, Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah). Hatch told colleagues, "I have not seen any discrepancies or inconsistencies in Mr. Olson's testimonies and answers." After the vote he denounced "some" Democrats, contending they viewed the vote as "payback time," referring to Olson's successful representation of the Bush presidential campaign before the Supreme Court in the election-determining case Bush v. Gore. Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), the ranking committee Democrat sharply criticized Olson's testimony in which he disassociated himself from the controversial "Arkansas Project," an investigation of Bill and Hillary Clinton's activities in Arkansas conducted by the American Spectator magazine and financed by $2.3 million from foundations controlled by wealthy conservative Richard Mellon Scaife. In a letter to the committee this week, Olson reiterated that he had no knowledge before the spring of 1997 of the project. But former Spectator reporter David Brock has disputed that, saying that Olson was present at discussion of the Arkansas Project stories. Leahy had sought a bipartisan committee inquiry into inconsistencies in Olson's testimony, documents that raised questions about the veracity of Olson's statements and former officials of the American Spectator who dispute Olson's version of events. "This is not a question of illegal conduct," he said. "I just want to know if he [Olson] is truthful." Since the Senate is split 50-50, the power-sharing agreement allows Majority Leader Trent Lott to call nominations to the full Senate if a committee ties on the vote. © 2001 The Washington Post Company ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: *Michael Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends ================================================================= <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
