Under the new tax plan, this will not be possible, Senate aides said today.

"Nobody really wants to cross him," said a former Senate aide.

Senate aides said a hold on the nomination has been placed from the Democratic side as well.

"They are not present at all," a Senate aide said.

"I've never heard of anything quite like this myself," one Senate aide said.

"He really wants a public servant type," one Senate aide said.

Spent the morning taking a power breakfast with Senate aides and trying to get them to give us more money.

"What happened on this issue were two things," the Senate aide explained.

Senate aides said they did not know when a conference would be held to discuss the bill.

"We just have not dealt with that issue yet," one Senate aide said.