Voinovich Has Hold on EPA Nominee

By GottaLaff

The Party of No strikes again:

Sen. George V. Voinovich is blocking Senate confirmation of the EPA’s deputy administrator because of concern with the agency’s economic analysis of the House energy bill.

In a June 13 letter to EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson , the Ohio Republican said he has a procedural hold on Robert Perciasepe, President Obama’s nominee for the No. 2 position at the agency.

Voinovich said his hold was unrelated to the nominee himself. Instead, he is dissatisfied with an EPA report on the economic effects of a climate change bill (HR 2454) that passed the House in June.

H/t: Rkref