Nomination process deteriorates under Senate Democrats
The nomination process for presidential appointees has declined under both parties but worse under Senate Democrats who vilify nominees and deny hearings. Pickering and Smith faced character attacks while Michigan nominees to the Sixth Circuit await hearings, prompting calls for accountability and a hearing for nominees.
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Senate
U.S
Charles Pickering
Mississippi
Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Pickering
American Way
Washington
D.C
Senate Democrats
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wall Street Journal
D. Brooks Smith
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Journal
Third Circuit
Washington Post
Michigan
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
David McKeague
Lansing
State Court of Appeals
Henry Saad
Wayne
Susan Neilson
Carl Levin
Patrick Leahy
Vermont
Judiciary Committee
GOP
Sixth Circuit
White House
George W. Bush
Federal District Court
Detroit
Sen. Levin
Clinton
Democrats
Bush
On This Day in History March 12 highlights
Highlights recall events from 1664 New Jersey colonial grant to 1933 FDR fireside chats. Also 1912 Juliette Gordon Low Girl Guides, 1925 Sun Yat-sen death, 1930 Gandhi salt march beginning, 1938 Anschluss, 1947 Truman Doctrine, 1951 Dennis the Menace debut, 1969 Paul McCartney wedding, 1999 Hungary Poland Czech Republic join EU-style expansion.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Charles II
New World
James
Duke of York
Juliette Gordon Low
Girl Guides
Girl Scouts of America
Sun Yat-sen
Mohandas K. NATO
Gandhi
Austria
Pius XII
Vatican
Truman
Greece
Turkey
Dennis the Menace
Hank Ketcham
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Pers
Paul McCartney
Linda Eastman
London
Hungary
Poland
Czech Republic
Albuquerque High Edges Hobbs 72 70 in AAAA Tourney
Albuquerque High held off Hobbs 72 to 70 to reach the state championship game in the Class AAAA boys basketball tournament. The Roswell District announced five top winners at its District Science Fair: Randy Rankin Scooter Smith Hunter Glass Kelly Bullock David Wright. Roswell High School crowned Kathy McDonald and Frank Sandoval as Basketball Royalty 1977.
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Albuquerque High
Hobbs
Albuquerque
Roswell Independent
Randy Rankin
Scooter Smith
Hunter Glass
Kelly Bullock
David Wright
Kathy McDonald
Frank Sandoval
Roswell High School
Gambling gulps water in New Mexico casinos
A Santa Fe writer laments casino expansion in New Mexico. He notes crowded gaming rooms filled with low income patrons, questions tribal casinos, and condemns water waste from new golf courses like Pojoaque's Cities of Gold development while warning of growing resort ambitions.
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New Mexico
Las Vegas
Albuquerque
To'hajiille Chapter
The
Navajo Nation
Arizona
Albuquerque- Santa Fe
Inn of the Mountain Gods
Sunland Park
Pojoaque Pueblo
Pojoaque
Santa Fe
Congress urged to question Bush war plans
Senate Democrats led by Tom Daschle pressed for clearer goals and Phase II planning in the war on terrorism, asking for explanations on costs and troop aims while Republicans accused them of obstructing the president. Daschle defended congressional oversight as a necessary power.
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Congress
Senate
Tom Daschle
Byrd
Defense Department
Bush
U.S
Afghanistan
Daschle
D-S.d
United States
al-Qaida
Sen
Trent Lott
Lott
NBC
Meet the Press
Simon wins California primary signals conservative renewal
The California primary produced an unlikely victory for Bill Simon, a once obscure candidate, aided by Rudy Giuliani and governor Davis campaigns that reshaped the race. Analysts note the contests highlight party dynamics, Bush support tensions, and a potential November choice between Gray Davis and a fresh conservative challenger.
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George W
Outback
Bill Simon
White House
Governor’s
Sacramento
Riordan
Gov. Davis
Simon
Gray Davis
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Navajo Nation Council
Jahullee
Robert C. Byrd
Appropriations Committee
Lee Thomas
Helen
Thomas
Bill Jones
Richard Riordan
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New York City
Gerald Ford
Reagan
Rudy Giuliani
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Giuliani
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