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Defend America on Friday, February 05, 2010 1:50:43 PM
Sen. Shelby puts hold on all Obama nominees
By Jordan Fabian
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02/05/10 08:21 AM ET
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) on Thursday placed a blanket hold on
all of President Barack Obama's nominees before the Senate, according to the office of Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Shelby's holds mean that the Senate
cannot vote on a nominee unless the hold is broken using a cloture vote
that requires 60 senators or if the senator lifts the hold.
A
spokeswoman for Reid's (D-Nev.) office said that regardless of his
concern, Shelby should not put a hold on more than 70 nominees over a
parochial issue.
But Shelby's spokesman only said that the holds have been placed on "several pending nominees."
Shelby applied the holds because of a dispute over a
contract to build Air Force refueling tankers. The original deal was
awarded to Northrop Grumman, which would have constructed the planes in
Mobile, Ala.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/79923-reports-shelby-places-blanket-hold-on-obama-nominees