Very short diary, and I will delete if this is already covered.
NY Times:
Just hours after President Bush said he will nominate Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York, as his next attorney general, Senate Democrats warned today that they might hold up Mr. Mukasey’s confirmation unless the White House turns over some documents they are seeking.
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But a quick confirmation will not happen unless the White House supplies documents that the Senate Judiciary Committee needs in connection with several investigations, the committee chairman, Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, said this afternoon.
“Our focus now, of course, would be on securing the relevant information the committee needs to proceed to schedule fair and thorough hearings,” Mr. Leahy said on the Senate floor, adding that “cooperation with the White House would be central” to determining the schedule of confirmation hearings.
Go Leahy!