From Deseret News archives:
Fight over Leavitt fizzles in the Senate
Governor poised to be confirmed today as new chief of EPA
As a result, Leavitt is poised to be confirmed by the Senate this morning to become only the fifth Utahn ever to join a presidential Cabinet.
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The opposition "clearly didn't have anywhere near even just the 40 votes they needed" among the 100 senators to defeat a "cloture" vote, said Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, chief deputy Republican whip, a key vote counter and strategist .
"So it didn't make any sense to put us all through the exercise" of a formal cloture vote to overcome "holds" placed against him by six Democrats, Bennett said. "So we will vote on his final confirmation," now scheduled at 8:30 a.m. MST today. "I expect he will pass with maybe 70-plus votes."
Leavitt has said he could turn over the state's governance to Lt. Gov. Olene Walker between one and seven days after confirmation and she is poised to become the state's first woman governor.
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