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Thursday, October 16, 2003

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 16-2 on Wednesday to confirm Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt (D) as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) voted against Leavitt. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) boycotted in protest.

Democrats were holding up the nomination in order to obtain more information from the Bush administration. They are pointing to a new memo, written by former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman and made public by an environmental group, that warned of weakening air pollution rules.

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Panel Approves Leavitt's Nomination for PA (The Washington Post 10/16)
Committee Approves E.P.A. Nominee, Setting Up Floor Fight (The New York Times 10/16)
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