XXXX Voted to Confirm John Negroponte. In 2005, XXXX voted to confirm President Bush’s nomination of John D. Negroponte of New York to be director of national intelligence. [4/21/05, Vote 107] XXXX Voted to Confirm Stephen Johnson. In 2005, XXXX voted to confirm Stephen L. Johnson of Maryland to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency [4/29/05, Vote 115] XXXX Voted to Confirm Michael Chertoff. In 2005, XXXX voted to confirm President Bush's nomination of Michael Chertoff of New Jersey to be Secretary of Homeland Security. [2/15/05, Vote 10] XXXX Voted To Confirm Asa Hutchinson To Be Administrator Of Drug Enforcement. In 2001, XXXX voted to confirm the nomination of Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement. [8/1/01, Vote 264] XXXX Voted To Confirm Gordon England As Deputy Secretary For Homeland Security Department. In 2003, XXXX voted to confirm President Bush's nomination of Gordon England of Texas as deputy secretary for the Homeland Security Department. [1/30/03, Vote 29] XXXX Voted to Confirm Condoleezza Rice. In 2005, XXXX voted to confirm President Bush's nomination of Condoleezza Rice of California to be Secretary of State. [1/26/05, Vote 2] XXXX Voted to Confirm the Nomination of John D. Negroponte. In 2004, XXXX voted to confirm President Bush's nomination of John D. Negroponte of New York to be Ambassador to Iraq. [5/6/04, Vote 85] XXXX Voted To Confirm Porter Goss. In 2004, XXXX voted for the confirmation of President Bush's nomination of Porter J. Goss of Florida to be director of central intelligence. [9/22/04, Vote 187] XXXX Voted To Confirm Francis J. Harvey. In 2004, XXXX voted for the confirmation of President Bush's nomination of Francis J. Harvey of California to be secretary of the Army. [11/16/04, Vote 212] XXXX Voted For Tom Ridge Nomination to Secretary of Homeland Security Department. In 2003, XXXX voted to confirm President Bush's nomination of Tom Ridge of Pennsylvania to be secretary of Homeland Security. [1/22/03, Vote 13] XXXX Voted To Confirm Ross Owen Swimmer For The Office Of Special Trustee For American Indians In The Interior Department. In 2003, XXXX voted for the confirmation of President Bush’s nomination of Ross Owen Swimmer of Oklahoma to be special trustee for the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians in the Interior Department. Swimmer, a former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, was serving as director of the Office of Indian Trust Transition in the U.S. Department of Interior, a “post that helped generate some of the opposition to his nomination,” the Tulsa World reported. Some Democrats questioned whether Swimmer could be independent enough. [4/10/03, Vote 133; Tulsa World, 4/11/03] XXXX Did Not Vote In The Confirmation Vote for R. Hewitt Pate. In 2003, XXXX did not vote in the confirmation vote to confirm President Bush's nomination of R. Hewitt Pate of Virginia to be an assistant attorney general. [6/13/03, Vote 226] XXXX Voted to Invoke Cloture on the Confirmation of Thomas C. Dorr. In 2003, XXXX voted to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on President Bush's nomination of Thomas C. Dorr of Iowa to be undersecretary of Agriculture for rural development. [11/18/03, Vote 454] XXXX Voted to Invoke Cloture on the Confirmation of Thomas C. Dorr. In 2003, XXXX voted to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on President Bush's nomination of Thomas C. Dorr of Iowa to be a member of the board of directors of the Commodity Credit Corp. [11/18/03, Vote 455] 246