After an initial delay, the Senate Environment Committee has now approved Utah Governor Mike Leavitt’s nomination to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 16-2. (Sens. Clinton and Lieberman voted no.) Senator Jeffords siad the vote was allowed “out of respect for Governor Leavitt,” according to this report. Yet several Senate Democrats — including all those running for President — say they will block confirmation by the full Senate. (For more, see my column from last week.)