Senate vote on Clinton's nomination delayed by a day

The US Senate has put off for a day the vote on President Barack Obama's choice Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State after strong opposition from a lawmaker who is seeking more transparency from the Clinton Foundation. However, the Senate was quick enough to approve as many as seven of Obama's nominees, within hours of his being sworn in. Senator John Cornyn, who opposed the Hillary's nomination, said he still had concerns about foreign donations to the foundation headed by Hillary's husband and former President Bill Clinton. The Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, has scheduled a vote on the nomination for this afternoon. Clinton Foundation is a global non-profit organisation involved in social welfare and poverty alleviation work mostly in third world countries. A large number of donors' to the foundation are from overseas, which has become an issue of concern for Senator Cornyn. The Obama Team and Democratic leaders were eager to confirm Clinton's nomination yesterday itself as they want to Clinton to move into the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department as soon as possible, given the urgent foreign policy challenges being faced by US right now, specially in the Gulf and South Asia. Cornyn, the Republican Senator from Texas, who has been strongly opposing Clinton's nomination, can block a Senate voice vote for a day, but he can't stop a roll call vote.