The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed for the second time in a month a scheduled vote to confirm Thomas O. Barnett as the Department of Justice antitrust division chief. The delay adds to the legislative logjam blocking key appointments at the two federal antitrust agencies overseeing corporate mergers. At the FTC, the stalled confirmations of William Kovacic and Thomas Rosch have put the agency in a tricky situation where the two Democrats on the commission could constitute a majority on some decisions.
October 31, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed for the second time in a month a scheduled vote to confirm Thomas O. Barnett as the chief of the Department of Justice antitrust division.
The delay in Barnett’s confirmation adds to the legislative logjam blocking key appointments at the two federal antitrust agencies overseeing corporate mergers. A vote on Barnett was also dropped from an earlier Oct. 17 committee meeting.
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