The senators in charge of Harriet Miers' confirmation, Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., are demanding more information from Miers before her hearings begin, with Leahy describing the Supreme Court nominee's answers so far as "incomplete to insulting." Though the two senators agreed Wednesday to begin the hearings on Nov. 7, they said Republican as well as Democratic committee members felt Miers had not said enough in her questionnaire replies.
October 20, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The senators in charge of Harriet Miers’ confirmation are demanding more information from her before hearings begin, one describing the Supreme Court nominee’s answers so far as “incomplete to insulting.”
Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and senior Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont agreed Wednesday to begin Miers’ hearings on Nov. 7, but also jointly sent a letter to the White House counsel asking her to more fully answer a questionnaire she turned in Tuesday.
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