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Matheson knocks down vote trading questions
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Mar 04, 2010 11:57am |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Chris Frates |
| News Date | Thursday, March 4, 2010 05:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "The Weekly Standard is up with an article asking if President Obama's nomination of Scott Matheson to the federal bench is being used to buy the health care vote of his brother, Rep. Jim Matheson. The report raises the question but doesn't answer it, relying instead on circumstantial evidence.
But Rep. Matheson's office gave Live Pulse an answer -- and it's a resounding N-O.
Rep. Matheson's spokeswoman, Alyson Heyrend called the question "patently ridiculous," saying there was no deal made between her boss and the president that guranteed Scott Matheson's nomination in exchange for Rep. Matheson's vote.
"Can you spell NO?" Heyrend asked.
The White House did not return a request for comment.
In a statement today, Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch praised Matheson's nomination calling him, "a bright attorney whose experience has prepared him for judicial service."
UPDATE: A White House official calls the charge "absurd."
"Scott Matheson is a leading law scholar and has served as a law school dean and U.S. Attorney. He’s respected across Utah and eminently qualified to serve on the federal bench,” the official said."
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