Senate confirms more than 60 of Obama's executive nominees
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate this morning unanimously confirmed more than 60 of President Obama's executive nominees, after deal between Democratic and Republican leadership ended an impasse that had held up the nominations for months.
The nominations fill vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board, the Council on Disability and in the Department of Labor, among other agencies.
Still waiting for confirmation are 23 Obama nominees to federal judgeships, which have already been recommended by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The Boston Globe this morning described efforts in the Senate to move judicial nominees to confirmation votes and to and eliminate provisions in Senate rules that allow any senator to hold up nominations anonymously.
Among the nominations confirmed by the Senate today are:
- Benjamin B. Tucker, deputy director for state, local and tribal affairs for the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
- John H. Laub, director of the National Institute of Justice.
- James P. Lynch, director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics.
- Daniel J. Becker, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute.
- James R. Hannah, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute.
- Gayle A. Nachtigal, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute.
- John B. Nalbandian, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute.
- Marsha J. Rabiteau, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute.
- Hernán D. Ver, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute.
- Kevin C. Harrison, U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Louisiana.
- Henry L. Whitehorn, U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana.
- Thomas E. Delahanty, U.S. Attorney for the District of Maine.
- Wendy J. Olson, U.S. Attorney for the District of Idaho.
- James A. Lewis, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois.
- Donald J. Cazayoux, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana.
- Charles Dunne, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of New York.
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