SETTLING IN: Presidential Appointees; 14 Major Clinton Nominees Are Confirmed by Senate (original) (raw)
U.S.|SETTLING IN: Presidential Appointees; 14 Major Clinton Nominees Are Confirmed by Senate
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- Jan. 22, 1993
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The Senate today approved 14 major appointments by President Clinton, including Ronald H. Brown as Commerce Secretary after he agreed to sever all ties to his former law firm and to remove himself from all decisions that might give the appearance of a conflict of interest.
Among the others confirmed today were Donna E. Shalala as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert B. Reich as Labor Secretary, Federico F. Pena as Transportation Secretary and Leon E. Panetta as director of the Office of Management and Budget.
The full Senate voted to approve Mr. Brown just hours after the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously voted to send his name to the floor. Mr. Brown's confirmation left only one other Cabinet nominee bogged down in controversy, that of Zoe Baird to be Attorney General. Several Senators urged Ms. Baird, who admitted knowingly breaking the law by employing two illegal aliens as domestic servants, to withdraw. Critic Backs Brown
Senator Trent Lott, the Mississippi Republican who had led criticism that Mr. Brown's initial policy on conflicts of interest was too narrow, said today that he was satisfied with Mr. Brown's pledge on Wednesday not to discuss with his former colleagues at Patton, Boggs & Blow any matter before the Commerce Department or likely to come before the department.
Senator Lauch Faircloth, a North Carolina Republican, cast the sole vote against Mr. Brown.
Mr. Brown, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, presented a more narrow conflict-of-interest policy when he appeared before the Commerce Committee on Jan. 6 in the first Congressional hearing for a nominee to the Clinton Cabinet. Nominees with later hearings, including Mickey Kantor as the United States Trade Representative, tended to adopt broader conflict-of-interest policies.
The Senate confirmed Mr. Kantor today, as well as Mike Espy as Agriculture Secretary, Richard W. Riley as Education Secretary and Jesse Brown as Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Also confirmed were Henry G. Cisneros as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Hazel R. O'Leary as Energy Secretary.
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