Clinton doesn't get confirmed today, has words with John Cornyn

Posted By Megan Carpentier Tuesday, January 20, 2009 - 10:45 PM Share

Although the Senate today voted to confirm a variety of other Cabinet nominees by unanimous consent -- including now-Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano -- Hillary Clinton was left figuratively (in addition to literally) out in the cold. Her unanimous consent vote was delayed by John Cornyn's machinations, so Harry Reid will be having a full Senate vote on the nomination tomorrow.

Glenn Thrush of Politico reports that Cornyn and Clinton had "a fairly heated (that is to say, intense but cordial) discussion" in the Capitol today, a characterization that Cornyn's staff disputes, but which sounds as right to us as it does to Thrush.

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BJORNSDOTTER

5:56 AM ET

January 21, 2009

Hillary

Love the pictures!

 

SUEYHUNG

8:03 AM ET

January 21, 2009

Cornyn is a waste

Hillary looks incredible! Cornyn is a waste. If the people of TX had voted Noriega and we wouldn't have this problem.

 

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