U.N. Vote Comes Down to Party Lugar Expects Decision On Bolton Will Fall Along Party Lines
Evansville Courier & Press › May 11, 2005
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The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday he expected John R. Bolton, the contentious nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to win a party-line vote in the committee this week.
"Republicans, I suspect, will vote in favor of John Bolton; Democrats, I suspect, will vote unanimously against him," Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said on CBS' "Face the Nation." That would send Bolton's nomination to the full Senate on a 10-8 margin when the GOP-led committee meets Thursday.See the full content of this document
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U.N. Vote Comes Down to Party Lugar Expects Decision On Bolton Will Fall Along Party Lines
Lugar said he thought the vote, delayed since mid-April, would come off as scheduled. ...
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