Judiciary Committee considers Gonzales nomination Wed 9:30am

[housewolf]

Assuming the committee agrees to the nomination, the full senate will vote on the nomination on Thursday afternoon after the inauguration proceedings.


DATE: January 19, 2005
TIME: 09:30 AM
ROOM: SD 226
OFFICIAL BUSINESS MEETING NOTICE & SUMMARY:

January 11, 2005

An Executive Business Meeting has been scheduled by the Committee on the Judiciary, for Wednesday, January 19, 2005, at 9:30 am., in the Senate Dirksen Building, Room 226.

Senator Specter will preside.

By order of the Chairman

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AGENDA
Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 9:30 a.m.

I. Nominations

Alberto Gonzales
to be the Attorney General of the United States

[housewolf]

1. Members of the Judiciary Committee

These are the members of the Judiciary Committee who will be voting on the Alberto Gonzales nomination this morning.

http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm
Orrin G. Hatch
UTAH

Patrick J. Leahy
RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, VERMONT

Charles E. Grassley
IOWA

Edward M. Kennedy
MASSACHUSETTS

Arlen Specter
Chairman, PENNSYLVANIA

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
DELAWARE

Jon Kyl
ARIZONA

Herbert Kohl
WISCONSIN

Mike DeWine
OHIO

Dianne Feinstein
CALIFORNIA

Jeff Sessions
ALABAMA

Russell D. Feingold
WISCONSIN

Lindsey Graham
SOUTH CAROLINA

Charles E. Schumer
NEW YORK

Larry Craig
IDAHO

Richard J. Durbin
ILLINOIS

Saxby Chambliss
GEORGIA

John Edwards
NORTH CAROLINA

John Cornyn
TEXAS

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2. Contact your Senators 1-800-839-5276

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

[saltpoint]

3. Thanks to you, housewolf, for urging action against a --

-- pro-torture attorney.

Gonzales is a terrorist with a tie and coat, but a terrorist just the same.

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. I predict that a majority of Democrats on the committee

will support Gonzales.