Word: filibusterer
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Foster's nomination was the opening skirmish in what California Republican Bob Dornan promises will be Congress's "summer of life." Though apparently supported by a majority in the Senate, Foster was ultimately dragged under by the politics of the presidential campaign. Majority leader Bob Dole, fending off a play...
Henry Foster lost his second and finalchance to become surgeon generalin a 57-43 Senate vote, identical to Wednesday's, that narrowly denied the Tennessee physician the 60 votes he needed to beat a threatened GOP filibuster. SinceSenate Majority Leader Bob Dolehad set a deadline of today to decide the...
Dr. Henry Foster's chances of becoming the next surgeon generalplummeted when Senate supporters today failed, 57 to 43, to muster the 60 votes needed to block a threatened filibuster and bring his nomination to a vote. The Tennessee physician has the 51 votes he needs for confirmation, but the...
The Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee voted 9-7 to recommendconfirmation of Dr. Henry Foster as surgeon general. The favorable vote included two committee Republicans: James Jeffords of Vermont and Bill Frist of Tennessee, a cardiologist who waited until minutes before the vote to publicly support the fellow Tennessean...
Henry Foster countered family values with family values. The Christian Coalition had been running full-page ads against him that screamed "If You Liked [former U.S. Surgeon General] Joycelyn Elders, You'll Love Henry Foster." A spokeswoman for the Family Research Council, a conservative think tank, declared that anyone who...