Reid held up TVA brd appts because all 6 were Repubs!!

[NVMojo]

Thursday, 02/23/06

TVA board needs more experience, diversity

Cookie-cutter nominees aren’t what the district


Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada held up the confirmation Friday of six appointees to the Tennessee Valley Authority board in protest that all the appointees were Republican.

Since he is a partisan leader, Reid's complaint wasn't surprising. Yet a more valid complaint about the six nominees is that, as a group, they bring little to TVA's table in terms of experience and diversity.

Last year, Congress passed legislation that radically changes TVA's top management: Instead of having three full-time board members who run the agency, it will have nine part-time board members who establish TVA policy.

The board will select a chief executive officer to run the daily operation.

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http://www.rctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060223/OPINION01/602230377/1007/MTCN0305

[yurbud]

1. Good, but why couldn't he do this on Alito or Roberts?