Obama makes Nuclear Regulatory Commission nomination over Reid opposition
President Obama nominated Kristine L.
Svinicki for a new term on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Tuesday despite objections from the party's most powerful lawmaker, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.Svinicki has been caught in a dispute over commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko, a former Reid aide who has been accused of intimidation and bullying. Svinicki has served on the NRC since 2008. In December, she and other commission members told Congress that Jaczko had created a tense workplace and that women felt especially threatened.Svinicki, a nuclear engineer and former Senate aide, is one of two Republicans and the only woman on the five-member commission. Jaczko, a Democrat, has called the accusations "categorically untrue."The leader of the minority Republicans in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, urged Svinicki's prompt confirmation.Democrat Reid has said previously that he opposed her nomination. His office would not comment Tuesday.Republican lawmakers have been pressuring the Whit...Read More ›
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