http://boltonwatch.tpmcafe.com/blog/boltonwatch/2006/jul/31/no_committee_vote_on_bolton_until_september This is not unexpected, but the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today decided to delay until September a vote on whether to release John Bolton's nomination to the Senate floor for consideration.
Reuters has the details:
At the urging of Democrats, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has put off a vote until September on whether to keep John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, committee aides said on Monday.
Democrats want to use that time to press the White House for documents they had sought last year during the dispute over Bolton's nomination to be U.N. envoy. They contend he bullied intelligence analysts to conform to his hawkish views in his last job as top U.S. arms control negotiator.
The date of the September business meeting where this will be considered isn't clear to me.
If you are a Nebraskan or a Rhode Islander, this is a great time to contact Senator Hagel or Senator Chafee and tell either one how you feel about John Bolton.
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