On Hold

By Elizabeth Newell

According to the Kansas City Star, Republican Sen. Kit Bond has been blocking the nomination of GSA administrator nominee Martha Johnson. We had been hearing rumors that a hold had been placed on the nominee but other sources said the vote on Johnson was just backed up behind other pre-recess priorities. The Star is reporting that Bond his holding Johnson's nomination as leverage in hopes of pressuring the government to approve a proposed project for a new federal building in downtown Kansas City. Bond and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri had protested a GSA decision to perform additional financial analysis for the project, I'd be extremely interested to hear if Sen. McCaskill is weighing in with Bond on the hold. We'll be looking into this.