[Mb-civic] Bush Begins Consultation With Key Senators - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Bush Begins Consultation With Key Senators

By Dan Balz and Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, July 13, 2005; Page A08

When President Bush met with Senate leaders at the White House yesterday 
to discuss the Supreme Court, it marked the opening act in a process of 
consultation to which both sides say they are committed. But Republicans 
and Democrats have very different views of what that process should 
entail, coloring the early stages of what could easily become an all-out 
battle over Bush's nominee.

<>White House officials and Senate Republicans have already declared 
that the outreach to lawmakers about the vacancy created by the 
retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is unprecedented, with more 
than 60 senators contacted or consulted about the choice. "He has gone 
way beyond what any president has ever done," said Sen. Orrin G. Hatch 
(R-Utah).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/12/AR2005071201646.html 

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