Republicans put new hold on TSA nominee Erroll Southers

[spanone]

i haven't heard the word 'obstructionists' from the media....? or 'up or down vote'....?

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The nomination of a former FBI agent to lead the Transportation Security Administration hit a new obstacle Wednesday as several Republican senators expressed "serious reservations" about the nominee and pressed the White House for details of incidents in which he improperly accessed a confidential federal database years ago.

White House officials had hoped to speed the approval of Erroll Southers to revive confidence in an agency that has been leaderless for months and in the spotlight since the attempted bombing of U.S. airliner on Christmas Day exposed intelligence and security lapses.

Southers's nomination had been held up by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) because of concerns he would support the unionization of TSA workers. On Wednesday, DeMint and six other Republican senators -- including John McCain (Ariz.), Charles E. Grassley (Iowa) and Tom Coburn (Okla.) -- demanded that the White House provide information about why Southers initially gave Congress an incorrect account about the searches two decades ago, incidents that led to his censure by the FBI.

"We believe that Mr. Southers submitted erroneous, and possibly misleading information regarding ethical violations during his service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation," the senators wrote in a letter to Nancy D. Hogan, special assistant to the president and director of presidential personnel.

Also on Wednesday, Coburn placed a hold on the nomination, pending the White House response to the senators' questions.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/06/AR2010010604499_pf.html

[theoldman]

1. I am looking forward to the day when we find a person with a perfect record.

I mean someone who has never made a mistake in their life. Perhaps we should start nominating infants under the age of six months. ;)

[napi21]

3. Ph, somebody would find a problem with the infant too!

Cholic crying kept his parents up all night, or he had a stuffed donkey which indicates he's a partisan shill!

[napi21]

2. Has Southers ever answered their questions? I'm as far as you can get

from a Pub, but if there really was a censure, I think it's a valid question and should be answered.

[buff2]

4. The hold up is because the man is black

It's driving them crazy because we have a black man as President. What they are saying is "ENOUGH ALREADY".They are nothing but racist bastards. :grr:

[MadMaddie]

5. It's time to remind the Repugs about all of the nominees

and folks who attended hearings that didn't just out right lie but refused to answer the question presented. It is way past time to start playing hardball with these bastards.

Has anyone noticed that when it is a minority (women, Hispanics, Blacks and others) who has been nominated that the Repugs fight the hardest to deny them?