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| Video Discription | (24 Jan 2001) English/Nat Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee have forced a one-week delay in voting on U-S Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft, with one panel member, Senator Dianne Feinstein, announcing her opposition to the nominee. During a meeting that had been called with the intention of voting on Ashcroft's confirmation, the panel's top Democrat, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, said Democrats want written answers to hundreds of questions before deciding on the former Missouri senator's fitness to join President Bush's Cabinet. But Feinstein needed no further information to declare she believes Ashcroft has an "ultra right-wing" record on civil rights, women's rights, school desegregation and gun safety. His nearly 30-year record as state attorney general, governor and senator contradicts his stated commitment to enforce laws with which he disagrees, she argued. Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch said the postponement was the first such delay for a Cabinet nominee since at least the late 1970s and he chastised Democrats for asking questions about Ashcroft's private talks with members of his caucus and the Republican leadership. Bush, in a Wednesday morning meeting with the bipartisan congressional leadership, sounded unconcerned when asked about the Democrats' delay. Leahy and other Senate Democrats were reluctant to proceed on Ashcroft's nomination because they were awaiting documents and answers to written questions, many of which were not sent to Ashcroft until Monday evening. Hatch had scheduled a meeting for Wednesday with the intent of voting to send Ashcroft's nomination to the full Senate. Majority Leader Trent Lott had hoped to bring the nominations of Ashcroft and Gale Norton - Bush's choice for secretary of the interior - to the floor early next week. Committee votes typically are delayed until White House nominees have answered written questions from the panel's members, Hatch spokeswoman Jeanne Lopatto acknowledged. She said the number of questions sent to Ashcroft - more than 260 in all, with 126 of them from Leahy - was unprecedented. But it wasn't all conflict in the Senate, with Wisconsin Governor, Tommy Thompson, unanimously confirmed to head the Department of Health and Human Services. The main issue of the day, however, was Ashcroft, and while the battle raged on in the Senate, President Bush attended the swearing-in of his new Education Secretary, Rod Paige. Bush said the swearing in marked the start of what he called a "new era in public education." Paige said his top priority was restoring "quality schools" across the country. At an earlier meeting with Democratic leaders, Bush urged lawmakers from both sides to put aside partisan gridlock and work on getting things done for the country. SOUNDBITE: (English) "When I said the executive branch was willing to open the legislative branch to do what's right for the country, it's not hollow words. It's what I believe we need to do. Our expectations are that we can come together to get things done. Our mission is to exceed the expectations." SUPER CAPTION: US President, George W Bush SOUNDBITE: (English) "This is an extremely controversial nominee, and as I found, quite frankly, in response to the questions, that in many instances the nominee was dilitorious in answering the questions, filling out time, not being responsive. And I think we have a real responsibility to the, not only to this committee, to the Senate, but most of all the American people to be able to get to, have full and complete responses to these questions." SOUNDBITE: (English) Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/3d9203d344a36e71b73e32a4dc544696 1BRf8jLk42c |
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| Tags | AP Archive | 207455 | 3d9203d344a36e71b73e32a4dc544696 | USA: ATTORNEY GENERAL DESIGNATE: VOTING DELAYED | John Ashcroft | Patrick Leahy | Orrin Hatch | Trent Lott | Gale Norton | Tommy Thompson | George W. Bush | Edward Kennedy | Richard Cheney | United States | Government and politics |
