Dem Defection Sends Voter Fraud Guru to Full Senate

[rodeodance]

I read somewhere that Obama would not vote for him.



http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004299.php

Dem Defection Sends Voter Fraud Guru to Full Senate
By Paul Kiel - September 26, 2007, 1:54PM

As I reported yesterday, the Senate Rules Committee met this morning about the nomination of Hans von Spakovsky to the Federal Elections Commission.

This morning's result: faced with the defection of a Democrat on the committee, later revealed to be Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE), Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) chose to agree to send all four nominees, two Democrats and two Republicans, to the floor without recommendation. In other words, the committee did not vote to approve von Spakovsky, but he got through nonetheless.

Next up is a vote before the full Senate, and how that vote will occur will be determined by negotiations between the Democratic and Republican leadership. Republicans are likely to seek a vote on all four nominees at once and have threatened to spike all the Democratic nominees if Democrats seek to block von Spakovsky.
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Note: In addition to our reporting on von Spakovsky's attempts to intimidate Justice Department employees, stifle their appeals, single-handedly disenfranchise thousands of Arizonans and then give false testimony (later modified in written answers) to the committee about it, you can read Dahlia Lithwick's take at Slate and ThinkProgress' rundown of von Spakovsky's past.

[NC_Nurse]

1. It's really sad that this is the way things work these days.

No wonder this country is headed down the shitter.

[blm]

2. Bill Nelson - protecting the powerful elite who rule DC for how long now?

And targeting Howard Dean for opposition, too?

Gee - another beautiful move from the Clinton wing of the Democratic party.

[movonne]

4. I call them the Lieberman and Clinton side of the party..I know

Lieberman is an Ind. but he has his wing of the dems...we saw that in the Lamont vote...

[robinlynne]

3. ok, so can any senator put a hold on this? This cannot happen.