Democrats to push to fill US transport security post

Reuters has the story:

Senate Democrats, spurred by last week's failed attack on a U.S.-bound jetliner, will try to break a deadlock and confirm President Barack Obama's choice to run the Transportation Security Administration, a Senate aide said on Tuesday.

Majority Leader Harry Reid will schedule a vote when the Senate returns in January from its holiday recess to break the hold Republican Senator Jim DeMint put on the nomination of counter-terrorism official Erroll Southers, Reid spokesman Jim Manley said.

"In light of the outrageous and petty move by Senator DeMint, Senator Reid intends to file cloture when we get back," Manley said.