Bush Names Mining Chief Twice Rejected by Senate
Bush put a longtime coal industry official, Richard Stickler, in charge of the federal agency that regulates mine safety. Twice this year, the Senate sent Stickler's nomination back to the White House without a vote, citing opposition from the United Mine Workers and other safety advocates, along with this year's spike in coal-mining deaths.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102006T.shtml
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/102006T.shtml
rudkla - 21. Okt, 00:44
