CPSC
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Commissioner Mary Sheila Gall asks her nomination to chair Consumer Products Safety Commission be officially withdrawn after it was rejected by Senate Commerce Committee Democrats in July. Decision not to push for vote on Senate floor was made because Gall "felt the [committee] vote was partisan political, and she didn't want to continue the fight," according to commissioner's office. Gall will continue as a commissioner of the agency until her term expires in 2005. Bush Administration's choice to head CPSC was rejected in split vote down party lines with democrats questioning Gall's industry-friendly voting record (1"The Rose Sheet" Aug. 6, In Brief). Administration will need new nominee; resignation of current Chair Ann Brown is effective Nov. 1 (2"The Rose Sheet" Aug. 13, In Brief)