Portland Press Herald, March 11, 2013
Maine Sen. Susan Collins had a different rationale for her vote [to filibuster the nomination of Caitlin Halligan to the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit]...New York Times, May 23, 2013"My vote solely reflects my determination that this seat does not need to be filled by anyone," said Collins, a Republican. If Halligan were to be nominated for a different vacancy, "I would likely vote to confirm her."
The Senate voted 97 to 0 to confirm Mr. Obama's nominee for a long-vacant seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.If the seat doesn't need to be filled...why vote to fill it?
(The roll call hasn't made it onto the Senate's website yet. But one thing we know about the senior senator is that she doesn't like to miss votes.)
2 comments:
I just submitted an op-ed to the BDN about this very issue; the people of Maine really need to watch this more closely!
Thanks for postinng this
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