After weeks of delay, the Senate voted Oct. 28 to approve the nomination of Utah Gov. Michael O. Leavitt to be the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The vote was 88-8.
Action on Leavitts nomination was held up first in the Environment and Public Works Committee, by Democrats who oppose Bush administration environmental policies. They boycotted, and thus scuttled, a scheduled Oct. 1 committee vote on the nomination.