The Vox Box

Tue., Jan. 20, 2009

A Day of Nonpartisanship?

Despite the generally festive and nonpartisan mood in Washington today, one Texas senator is in a business-as-usual mood. Hillary Clinton will not be sworn in as Obama’s Secretary of State because one Republican senator, John Cornyn, has indicated that he plans block a move to confirm Clinton’s nomination. A spokesperson for Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, predicted that Clinton will be nearly-unanimously confirmed one day late, on Wednesday.

Neither Cornyn nor his office have commented thus far on the move. Story here.

Petty politics, or do you agree with Cornyn’s objection?

Posted Jan. 20, 2009, 3:17 p.m.

In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.