Senate Minority Leader Lott (R-Miss.) is insisting that his oppos...
Senate Minority Leader Lott (R-Miss.) is insisting that his opposition to nomination of Jonathan Adelstein to FCC (CD March 18 p2) has nothing to do with fact that Adelstein works for Senate Majority Leader Daschle (D-S.D.), who joined in…
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opposition to judicial nominee from Lott’s home state. Lott spokesman said Tues. that minority leader preferred Andrew Levin, top aide to House Commerce Committee ranking Democrat Dingell (Mich.). Levin withdrew his nomination when it became clear Daschle wanted Senate staffer as nominee for vacant Democratic seat. “Senator Lott supports this individual [Levin] to fill the Democratic seat at the Commission because he has the experience necessary to deal with the telecommunications issues that come before the Commission,” spokesman said, declining to say why Lott didn’t express his preference for Levin during vetting process last year. Lott earlier had questioned Adelstein’s youth, although Daschle staffer is older than FCC Chmn. Powell and Comr. Martin. Lott first went public with opposition to Adelstein shortly after Senate Judiciary Committee on party- line vote rejected nomination of Charles Pickering to federal appeals court.