Many critics have also objected to the granting of clemency to someone who has lived comfortably abroad rather than face trial here.
Brewer, however, said she didn't believe lawmakers in Arkansas were wrong to object to the grant.
Attorney General John Ashcroft hinted today that he might not object to the committee granting immunity to Ms. Rich.
He said he objects to the hearings because they are not focused on granting a tax holiday for foreign corporations.
Warren, Baldwin and Markey also objected to granting the banking industry "market access" protections similar to those afforded to other industries under WTO agreements.
Cheney objects to the idea that this is the result of the Bush-Cheney regulatory regime, noting that the exceptions were granted during the Obama administration.
But not everybody objects to the proposal.
If you or your parents object to the decision, either to grant you emancipation or not, you may file an appeal with the Court of Appeals.
Before their caucuses selected them this month, the Fitzgeralds worried that some might object to granting so much power to one family.
Those who have objected to granting Mr. Milken a pardon said they felt he was an especially inappropriate candidate for a pardon because he had been charged with violating orders to stay out of the securities industry as part of his original plea bargain.
