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Government

Oct. 23, 1999

Old-Fashioned Politics Hold Up Cooper Vote

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., last week scheduled a floor vote on the noncontroversial U.S. District Court nomination of Los Angeles Superior Court judge Florence-Marie Cooper. But Senate politics once again have overwhelmed the judicial confirmation process, and the vote has yet to occur.

By Daniel A. Shaw
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., last week scheduled a floor vote on the noncontroversial U.S. District Court nomination of Los Angeles Superior Court judge Florence-Marie Cooper. But Senate politics once again have overwhelmed the judicial confirmation process, and the vote has...

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