[NLA] NIFL Dear Colleage Letter, House and Senate

[George E. Demetrion]

On Tue, 8 Oct 2002 15:53:17 -0400 "Jon Randall"
<jrandall at fedstrategics.com> writes:
>NIFL SENATE LETTER, FINAL UPDATE
>
>Despite valiant efforts by folks in several states, we were unable to
secure
>a Republican lead co-sponsor for the Senate letter. Since Senators are
>likely to wrap things up and go home by Friday, there isn't enough 
>time left to make this thing happen.
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Jon:

Thanks for providing vigorous leadership on this effort. 

 What are the implications for the intended course of action as a result
of not being able to get the letter from the Senate?  Does this mean that
the effort as a whole has failed or is the process still open on
influencing the choice of the NIFL Director?  That raises the related
issue as to whether there are one or two candidates in the running.

This question is for anyone who may have an answer, are the names of the
candidate(s) a secret (if so, why) or is this public information?  If the
latter, can we be informed?

Finally, is there a date or time frame set for the names of the Board
nominees to formally appear before Congress?  I presume that the
appointment of the Director  would need to await until the nominees have
actually become members?  

But why wait for the formality of a constitutional process?  Perhaps the
President can appoint his selection by Executive Order.  Congress might
not put up a fuss.  Better to get the matter behind them so members can
concentrate on the real issues for the November election.

George Demetrion


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