Editing Barbara Boxer (section)

====Bush nominees====
During the confirmation hearings for the [[United States secretary of state]] nominee [[Condoleezza Rice]] in January 2005, Boxer challenged her to admit to alleged mistakes and false statements made by the Bush administration in leading the United States into the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]]. Along with 12 other senators, Boxer voted against confirmation.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/01/18/RICEBOXER.DTL |title=Transcript of remarks between Boxer and Rice |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 19, 2005 |access-date=May 25, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00002 |title=U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote |publisher=Senate.gov |access-date=May 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528133604/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00002| archive-date= May 28, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> The 12 "no" votes were the most votes against a secretary of state nominee since 1825, when [[Henry Clay]] was so named.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/27/world/rice-is-sworn-in-as-secretary-after-senate-vote-of-85-to-13.html|title=Rice Is Sworn In as Secretary After Senate Vote of 85 to 13|first=Sheryl Gay|last=Stolberg|work=The New York Times |date=May 12, 2018|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

Boxer voted against [[John R. Bolton|John Bolton]]'s nomination for [[U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations]] in the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] and [[filibuster]]ed him on the Senate floor. Because of the strong [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] opposition, Bolton could not obtain Senate approval. However, President Bush bypassed the Senate by employing the constitutional right of [[recess appointment]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Bumiller |first=Elisabeth |author2=Sheryl Stolberg |date=August 2, 2005 |title=President sends Bolton to U.N.; bypasses Senate |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/02/politics/02bolton.html |access-date=February 8, 2008}}</ref>

Boxer voted against the confirmation of [[Chief Justice of the United States]] nominee [[John G. Roberts|John Roberts]] and against the confirmation of [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] nominee [[Samuel Alito]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=246228 |title= U.S. SENATOR BARBARA BOXER - Newsroom|website=boxer.senate.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103014454/http://boxer.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?id=246228 |archive-date=January 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00245 |title=U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote |publisher=Senate.gov |access-date=May 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527163745/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00245 |archive-date=May 27, 2010 |url-status= live}}</ref>