Exclusive: Obama to renominate Republican to nuclear panel

Exclusive: Obama to renominate Republican to nuclear panel
Reuters
By Jeff Mason and Roberta Rampton | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, defying opposition from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a White House official told ...

Obama plans to renominate GOP member of NRC, averting fight with Senate ... Washington Post (blog) By Ed O'Keefe Gregory Jaczko, right, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Kristine Svinicki, commissioner of the NRC, foreground, listen during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington in December.

White House To Re-Nominate NRC's Svinicki - Official Wall Street Journal By Ryan Tracy WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--President Barack Obama will re-nominate Kristine Svinicki to her post on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a White House official said Thursday, setting up a potential showdown with the Senate's top Democrat.

Obama to renominate Svinicki to NRC Politico President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, potentially defusing a standoff with Senate Republicans, a White House official confirmed to POLITICO on Thursday. Senate Republicans had made ... Obama Defies Reid On Key Appointment [UPDATE] Huffington Post Reid's blunt opposition to the Republican pick is part of a longer battle over the direction of the agency that regulates nuclear power -- an aggressive step that has infuriated his counterpart, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).