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Thursday, July 12, 2001
Asa Hutchinson
hearing date set
ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Judiciary Committee
will consider the
appointment of Rep. Asa Hutchinson to be the next head of
the Drug
Enforcement Administration on Tuesday.
The
confirmation hearing date had been in limbo for weeks because
of the failure
of Democrats and Republicans to agree on the makeup of
Senate committees
after the chamber shifted into Democratic control
last
month.
The White House announced Hutchinson's appointment
on May 9.
The 50-year-old third-term Arkansas congressman
had said he would
not leave his House seat until confirmed by the Senate.
Arkansas Gov.
Mike Huckabee is expected to call a special election for the
3rd
Congressional District seat once that happens.
The
office of Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, chairman of the
Judiciary Committee,
has signaled that it expects little problem with
Hutchinson's
appointment.
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