Senate Confirms Two Bush Cabinet Nominees

[Freddie Stubbs]

JESSE J. HOLLAND

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The Senate celebrated President Bush's inauguration Thursday by confirming the first two new members of his Cabinet, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings.

Senators plan to confirm Carlos Gutierrez as commerce secretary on Monday and Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state on Wednesday.

Spellings and Johanns were confirmed on a voice vote hours after Bush took the oath of office.

Senators said Johanns, who was governor of Nebraska, was the perfect person for the job given his experience running a state with deep agricultural interests. "We could not have made a better choice," said Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan.

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[Deja Q]

1. Senate also voted for conartist rice...

that puts their credibility beyond doubt. :eyes: not.

[Freddie Stubbs]

2. No, they have not voted on Rice yet

The Foreign Relations Committee voted to send her nomination to the floor, but the Senate has yet to hald a vote.

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

3. "Celebrated"? Um...not everyone celebrated. Nice bias, MSGOP.

[NYC]

4. Yes, the word was tossed in there nonchalantly,

as though it was without question.

[Freddie Stubbs]

5. Have any Democrats in the Senate boycotted the inauguration?

:shrug:

[NYC]

6. Not to my knowledge.

I think they will not be attending the festivities, but I don't think they boycotted today. There was a lunch in the Capitol Bldg., and I heard nothing about anyone staying away.

[Freddie Stubbs]

7. None of the Senators showed any dissent or

wore black armbands.