The nomination of Mary Smith, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s Tax Division, has languished for more than a year. Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday she should consider withdrawing.
Mary L. Smith has been stranded for more than a year by Republican opposition. The president will now have to decide whether to pick another nominee.
The Senate returned the former Justice Department Tax Division nominee to the White House twice.
Republicans had opposed the president’s nomination of Mary L. Smith to lead the Justice Department’s Tax Division, citing her lack of tax law experience.
Federal law doesn’t let John DiCicco serve any longer as acting Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division. But there are ways around this problem - which is good, because it appears increasingly unlikely the White House will to try to put a nominee forward again.
The company began settlement talks with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission in February.
TI receives funding from a number of different sources including governments, foundations, the private sector and individuals.
Nancy Boswell is departing after “considerable reflection” and 17 often troubled years.
The global manufacturing conglomerate also said two Tyco subsidiaries in Italy were acquitted in Milan for allegedly improper payments to Italian officials.
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