Continued delay in White House response to Senate Majority Leader...
Continued delay in White House response to Senate Majority Leader Daschle’s (D-S.D.) recommendation to appoint his legislative asst., Jonathan Adelstein, as FCC comr. “is to be expected” in light of pressing world events, Daschle spokeswoman said: “The nomination is…
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moving slowly but surely.” Staffer said Daschle was “waiting for papers to be sent” from President Bush on routine security screening of Adelstein. Daschle announced nearly 2 months ago (CD Nov 16 p1) that he had sent letter to Bush advocating nomination of Adelstein to post left vacant by departure of former FCC Comr. Gloria Tristani. Adelstein would serve out remainder of her term, which ends June 30, 2003. Industry lobbyist said there had been some speculation that delay stemmed from posturing by Bush but emphasized general agreement on Hill that there were no “unusual feelings” between President and Daschle that might prevent Bush from forwarding recommendation to Senate. White House hadn’t commented by our deadline.