Reply #5: Senate Republicans Delay Vote on Obama Justice Nomination

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Senate Republicans Delay Vote on Obama Justice Nomination

By Cindy Saine
Washington
21 January 2009

Senate Republicans have forced the Judiciary Committee to delay for one week a vote on President Barack Obama's choice to be Attorney General, Eric Holder. Republican Senator John Cornyn says he wants more information from Holder on whether the Department of Justice will pursue criminal prosecution of U.S. intelligence personnel involved in the interrogation of detainees.

Just one day after President Barack Obama's inauguration, Republicans and Democrats were wrangling on Capitol Hill.

The Senate Judiciary Committee was expected to vote on Wednesday to confirm Eric Holder to be the new Attorney General, sending the nomination on to a vote by the full Senate. But Republican members invoked a rule that automatically delays the vote in the Committee by one week, saying that the process has been rushed and that the nominee has yet to answer all their questions.

The Committee's ranking Republican, Senator Arlen Specter, was almost apologetic, saying he would have been willing to let the panel vote, but that he still has concerns about the nomination.

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Cornyn is out of his friggin mind.