Senator Chambliss Lifts "Hold" on Cass Sunstein for OIRA Position

Quite a while back, President Obama nominated Cass Sunstein, a famous law professor, to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of Management and Budget. In the past, OIRA has had a lot of power over federal agencies' regulatory agendas. Sunstein's nomination stalled after Senator Saxby Chambliss of Georgia placed a "hold" on the nomination because Sunstein had supported animal rights and, specifically, the right of animals to sue (with humans as surrogates of course). Now, according to a news report, Chambliss has lifted his hold because Sunstein has pledged in a letter not to "'take any steps to promote litigation on behalf of animals' and agree[d] the law does not give animals ... rights. Sunstein in the letter also says he believes the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to bear arms."