Which Senator Has a Secret 'Hold' on Gay Nominee Chai Feldblum?

[BrklynLiberal]

One of the many problems of the secret "hold" that any senator can place on a nomination is that no one knows whether the senator in question objects to the nominee's views or the nominee as a person.

So what are we to make of news that a senator, so far unidentified, has put a hold on the nomination of Chai Feldblum, an openly gay law professor at Georgetown, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission? Is it a problem with Feldblum's positions or the fact that she is a lesbian? Or perhaps another reason altogether?

Lisa Keen of Keen News Service reported the hold on Feldblum and four other EEOC nominees on Monday, quoting a spokesperson for Sen. Harry Reid saying the majority leader is "working to get an agreement" with Republicans to consider the nomination of Feldblum and the others.

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http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/04/which-senator-has-a-secret-hold-on-gay-nominee-chai-feldblum/