Stalled Senate Science Confirmations Move Forward
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Featured Articles, Politics, SciClips, Science Policy on 03 12th, 2009 | no responses
After a month of waiting, President Obama’s science adviser Dr. John Holdren and his choice for the top administrator at NOAA, Dr. Jane Lubchenco, were voted out of the Commerce, Science and Transportation committee today.
Speculations swirled about why the nominations were being held. Apparently one or more anonymous holds were placed on one or both nominees, which prevented them from moving to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote.
With the political process back on track, most people, including Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) the ranking committee member, says the nominees will be confirmed by unanimous consent within a week.
Then, they can get down to the business of science.
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