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Viva la voice vote! [Sec of State Confirmation]
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Jan 21, 2009 01:43pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, January 21, 2009 05:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | John McCain has just come to the rescue of his old drinking buddy Hillary Clinton, bucking his colleague John Cornyn by calling for an immediate voice vote on her confirmation as Secretary of State.
In his first maverick-y move of the 111th Congress, McCain took to the Senate floor to call for unanimous consent to skip the 4:30 p.m. roll call on her nomination.
And he pressed John Kerry, who was deeply amenable, to deal with the matter right after lunch.
"I just talked to with Sen. Cornyn and he doesn't object," said McCain, who once bonded on an overseas trip with Clinton by doing shots. |
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