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Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division - Mary L. Smith

President Obama nominated Mary L. Smith to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division on April 20, 2009.  A hearing to consider her nomination was held on May 12, 2009.  icon_webcastOn June 11, 2009, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.  On December 24, 2009, the nomination was returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate.  President Obama again nominated Mary L. Smith to be the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division on January 20, 2010.  On February 4, 2010, the Judiciary Committee ordered the nomination reported to the Senate for consideration.

Committee Questionnaire

Responses to Questions Submitted for the Record

  • Questions for the Record:  Ranking Member Jeff Sessions
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Orrin Hatch
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Charles Grassley
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Tom Coburn
  • Questions for the Record:  Senator Carl Levin

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • February 3, 2010 - All Indian Pueblo Council
  • Letters Received in 2009 (listed below)
  • November 1, 2009 - United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
  • October 29, 2009 - National Congress of American Indian
  • October 27, 2009 - National Native American Bar Association
  • October 21, 2009 - W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chairman/CEO, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
  • June 18, 2009 - Sheldon S. Cohen, former Chief Counsel for the International Revenue Service, and former IRS Commissioner
  • May 12, 2009 - National Bar Association
  • May 11, 2009 - Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
  • May 11, 2009 - Nathan J. Hochman, Bingham; former Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
  • May 11, 2009 - Hispanic National Bar Association
  • May 8, 2009 - National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
  • May 7, 2009 - Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia
  • May 7, 2009 - Representative Bobby L. Rush (Illinois)
  • May 7, 2009 - Representative Bill Foster (Illinois)
  • May 6, 2009 - E. Kenneth Wright, Jr., President, The Chicago Bar Association
  • May 6, 2009 - H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard Cooper & Gale PC
  • May 6, 2009 - Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP; former Solicitor General
  • May 6, 2009 - Beth Nolan, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General
  • May 6, 2009 - Bill Lann Lee, Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., former Assistant Attorney General
  • May 6, 2009 - Nancy E. Gist, former Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance
  • May 6, 2009 - Paulette Brown, Partner & Chief Diversity Officer, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP
  • May 5, 2009 - National Association of Women Lawyers
  • May 5, 2009 - Native American Rights Fund
  • May 5, 2009 - Representative Danny K. Davis (Illinois)
  • May 5, 2009 - Jack Carey, President, Illinois State Bar Association
  • May 4, 2009 - Charles R. Work, McDermott Will & Emery; former Assistant U.S. Attorney
  • May 4, 2009 - National Congress of American Indians
  • May 4, 2009 - James K. Robinson, Cadwalader; former Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division
  • May 1, 2009 - Judith A. Winston, former Undersecretary and General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education
  • May 1, 2009 - National Women's Law Center
  • April 30, 2009 - Abner J. Mikva, former White House Counsel; former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit; former U.S. Congressman
  • April 30, 2009 - Daniel Marcus, American University Washington College of Law; former Associate Attorney General; former Counsel, White House Counsel's Office
  • April 29, 2009 - Michael J. Madigan, Orrick
  • April 29, 2009 - Dennis W. Archer, Dickinson Wright PLLC; former Associate Justice, Michigan Supreme Court; former Mayor, City of Detroit; former President, American Bar Association
  • April 28, 2009 - William P. Marshall, Kenan Professor of Law, University of North Carolina
  • April 28, 2009 - Michale S. Greco, K&L Gates LLP
  • April 28, 2009 - David Boies, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
  • April 27, 2009 - National Native American Bar Association
  • April 27, 2009 - Robert J. Grey, Jr., Hunton & Williams; former President, American Bar Association
  • April 23, 2009 - Carol Lamm, White & Case LLP
  • April 21, 2009 - William Lytton, former Assistant U.S. Attorney
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Did You Know?  Richard Rush was only 34-years-old when he was appointed by President Monroe as Attorney General of the United States.  Rush served from 1814-1817, and he remains the youngest Attorney General in U.S. history.  In 1828, Rush was President John Quincy Adams's running mate, but they ultimately lost the election to Andrew Jackson.

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