What is the previous record for nays against a cabinet nominee?

[wildflower]

On the floor I heard Boxer say it was 7, against Kissinger. Can anyone confirm this?

If so, we've set a new record with 13 (Rice).

It's a start.

-wildflower

[Cocoa]

1. Rice's record won't last long

Gonzales is hot on her heels...

[wildflower]

3. It's definitely starting to look that way. n/t

[Kolesar]

2. I think one was rejected in the history of the Senate

John Tower during Nixon (?)

[lancdem]

6. He was nominated for Defense secretary

[wildflower]

8. On edit: You're right

During Bush I:

<<Domestically, Bush spoke of the need to create a “kinder, gentler nation”, and unveiled minor initiatives in the areas of education, drug control, and the environment, where problems had surfaced during the Reagan years. (In 1990, almost 500,000 children were suffering from malnutrition and at least 100,000 people were homeless.) The start of his presidency was marred by the Senate’s rejection of his nomination for Defense Secretary, John Tower, following criticisms of Tower’s lifestyle and his links to military contractors. With his overthrowing of the corrupt Panamanian leader, General Manuel Noriega, Dec 1989, Bush began to establish his presidency.>>

(from http://www.north-america.de/index2.htm?usa11.htm&2 )

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Originally I wrote:

>Is this a different person?

>from http://home1.gte.net/swtally/almost%20america/nixon2.html

>"The Impeachment of Nixon"

<<Some Republicans were holding firm: James Eastland, senator from Mississippi, had promised Nixon in the midst of the scandal, "I don't care if you're guilty or innocent, I'll vote for you." But among most Republicans, support for the president was evaporating. Bob Dole and John Tower, two Senate leaders, were whispering that they might vote against Nixon if the House voted to impeach the president.

With little support in Congress or in the general public for him to stay in office, Nixon finally decided to resign. On August 8, 1974, the evening his resignation was to take effect, Nixon surrounded himself with a pile of books. They were the autobiographies of other presidents, and Nixon spent the evening seeking solace and, possibly, forgiveness from his peers.>>

[cidliz2004]

4. Are some opf the Dems finally ENGAGED?

[lancdem]

5. It may be a record for secy. of state

Ashcroft got more than 40 nay votes in 2001.

[cali]

7. What short memories we all have- 42 Senators

voted against Ashcroft 4 years ago. I don't know if they'll get that many against Gonzales as there were more dems in the Senate then, but I suspect it'll be close. I think we're seeing a plan here- vote for Rice and come out united against Gonzales. All the dems on committee voted against him today.

[lancdem]

9. I agree

I think Gonzales is the main target.