Senate to Stay in Pro Forma Session Over Break After Final Talks on Nominees Break Down
- By Erin P. Billings
- Roll Call Staff
- Dec. 19, 2007, 6:47 p.m.
Following hours of intense talks that ended in a standoff, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided late Wednesday to move several dozen nominees but still keep the Senate in business over the monthlong holiday break to block President Bush from making any controversial recess appointments while Senators are out of town.
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