cqpolitics.com - 3/6/2009
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CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS – SCIENCE Feb. 12, 2009 – 1:16 p.m. Senate Could Vote on Science Nominees By Kathryn A. Wolfe, CQ Staff The Senate could vote Thursday to confirm the nominations of two of the administration’s top scientists. John Holdren, nominated as President Obama’s science adviser, and ...
cqpolitics.com - 3/4/2009
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CQ TODAY PRINT EDITION – SCIENCE March 3,
2009 – 4:21 p.m. Science Nominees Blocked by Multiple...
Holds By Adrianne Kroepsch, CQ Staff Multiple senators anonymously blocked the nominations of two top science advisers intended to play a major role in ...
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Science Nominees Blocked by Multiple Holds
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corner.nationalreview.com - 2/28/2009
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For those interested in the academy and these
debates, this sounds just plain fascinating. Here's the set-up:...
For those of you who do not know, on February 21st, the Central Division of the American Philosophical Association - the main ...
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Obama Science Advisers Still Slowed as No Culprit Steps Forward
TPM Election Central —
... The likely source of the culprit would seem to be the Senate Commerce Committee, although that panel approved the nominations last month. "I am unaware of any GOP Commerce Committee members who are raising questions," one Senate source said via email. ...
Who Has Put a Hold On the Holdren and Lubchenco Science Nominations?
Firedoglake —
... who placed the hold, or why.
During the early February nomination hearing before the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, opposition to the nominations appeared to be tepid, with few Republicans even bothering to show up. The only Senator to question either of the nominees twice, was Alaska Democrat Mark Begich, who queried Lubchenco about climate change and fisheries issues in a friendly way.
Soon after the nomination hearing, CQ Politics cited strong support for an immediate voice vote: ...
Holds Lifted, Holdren & Lubchenco Cleared ... A Second Time?
TPM Election Central —
... Why the Commerce panel needed to vote on Holdren and Lubchenco again after affirming them once last month remains unknown, as do the identities of the holders whom we've been working to unmask. ...
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