Leahy puts Southwick back on committee agenda

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Leahy puts Southwick back on committee agenda
By Alexander Bolton
August 01, 2007

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Wednesday that he would place 5th Circuit Court nominee Leslie Southwick back on the committee’s agenda. The maneuver is the latest in the partisan tussle over Southwick.

In recent weeks, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said that Leahy broke his commitment to move Southwick out of committee for a floor vote; Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) said that Leahy assured him that Southwick would pass out of committee by a voice vote.

Instead, Southwick’s nomination has languished.

Leahy counters that he took Southwick off the committee agenda in response to a Republican request. Indeed, in June Specter asked Leahy to hold off action on Southwick.

“{I}t’s clear to me that Mr. Southwick would be rejected if a committee vote is called,” he said at the time.

Leahy stated that he is returning Southwick to the agenda to rebut allegations of Democratic obstruction.

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1. Senator Leahy

Senator Leahy is such a wimp ass; he always backs down to the Repugs. Hatch & Specter control this guy. I don't know why he is the chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He always wants to be fair to the evil Repugs; as if Hatch was fair to Clinton.