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John Bolton Tries to Save His Job Stewart Stogel NEW YORK -- NewsMax has learned that embattled U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has returned to Washington for a series of weekend meetings with key U.S. senators over his stalled nomination.
Bolton's nomination has remained in limbo since March 2005, when several senators on the Foreign Relations Committee refused to put it to a vote or to send it to the full Senate for consideration.
In August 2005, President George W. Bush appointed Bolton under a Congressional recess statute. That mandate expires at the end of the current Congress next month.
While a second recess appointment is possible, the Democrats in the Senate could block appropriations for Bolton's office.
In essence, he would be working for no pay.
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On Wednesday, the White House decided on Bolton and Thursday sent the Bolton nomination to the Senate where it has met strong resistance.
Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., and Sen. Lincoln Chafee, R-R.I., have both publicly declared they would oppose a committee or full Senate vote on Bolton's nomination.
The visit to Washington D.C. is believed to be a last ditch effort to salvage the nomination.
Sources on Capitol Hill tell NewsMax the only feedback Bolton is likely to receive is that his fight (for approval) is over.
What happens next is unknown.
While the White House may consider a series of moves to circumvent a Senate vote, Republican sources on the Hill tell NewsMax "it is highly unlikely."
Those sources say the backlash by both Democrats and Republicans against such a move would be greater than the White House is willing to tolerate after Tuesday's election debacle.
About the only questions at this point are who will be named as Bolton's successor and how the White House will engineer his departure from the United Nations.
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