breaking: republicans block confirmation vote on EPA nominee gina mccarthy
more to come.....
GOP boycotts vote on Gina McCarthy
All eight Republicans on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee are boycotting today’s vote by the panel on Gina McCarthy’s nomination to head EPA — and say the committee won't have enough members present to take action on the high-profile appointment.
The action came right before the scheduled 9:15 a.m. vote. Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer couldn't immediately be reached for comment on whether the vote would happen.
The Republicans — in a letter to Boxer — say they will prevent the majority of panel members needed to be present to provide a quorum as they continue to seek additional answers from McCarthy and EPA.
“As you know, all Republicans on our EPW committee have asked EPA to honor five very reasonable and basic requests in conjunction with the nomination of Gina McCarthy which focus on openness and transparency,” they wrote. “While you have allowed EPA adequate time to fully respond before any mark-up on the nomination, EPA has stonewalled on four of the five categories.”
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/republicans-boycott-gina-mccarthy-vote-91124.html#ixzz2SnksRD7x
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Reid should look for a way to charge them with dereliction of duty..
