rssEight Republicans Vote for Harold Koh
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 12:56 pm
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In the end, every Democrat* and eight Republicans voted for cloture on Harold Koh’s nomination for legal adviser to the State Department. The Republicans: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Mel Martinez (R-Fla.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and George Voinovich (R-Ohio). Three of them — Gregg, Martinez, and Voinovich — are retiring in 2010. All of them except for Alexander and Hatch represent states won by President Obama last year.
“We were confident that we would get the votes needed to invoke cloture and are pleased that this nomination is moving forward,” said Regan Lachappelle, a spokesperson for Sen. Harry Reid (R-Nev.) “Our hope, of course, would have been to consider the nomination without having to take up all of this time.”
Thirteen of the Republican “no” votes came from senators, including Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who voted to confirm Koh to his last job as assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor, back in 1998.
*Sen. Ted Kennedy (R-Mass.) and Sen. Robert Byrd (R-W.Va.) were not in the Senate for the vote.
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Comment posted June 24, 2009 @ 5:29 pm
Think you have a couple misplaced Rs in your endnote.
Comment posted June 24, 2009 @ 5:34 pm
Why is there an R with Reid, Kennedy & Byrd's names in this article?
Comment posted June 24, 2009 @ 5:39 pm
Reid, Kennedy, and Byrd should have “D” before their state. But then again, so should many of the “R”s up there.
Comment posted June 24, 2009 @ 6:01 pm
You should get your notations right. Harry Reid, Ted Kennedy, and Robert Byrd are all Democrats….and should be shown with a “D” instead of an “R”.
Comment posted June 24, 2009 @ 6:13 pm
What ever happened to “let's have an up or down vote” and “filibusters are not democratic”? The GOP are such hypocrites.
Comment posted June 25, 2009 @ 12:25 am
I'm a Mainer and I called Snowe and Collins to ask them to vote cloture on this and on the Dawn Johnson. I also encouraged other Mainers to do so. Who knows if that mattered, but I'm quite sure it didn't hurt!
Comment posted June 27, 2009 @ 1:57 am
What is happening to the leadership on Capital Hill today? Is there anyone in Congress or the Senate with any kind of guts and common sense? Harold Koh is ate-up. Are you blind Lugar or just plain stupid?
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