Posted on 01/19/2005 8:40:46 AM PST by anniegetyourgun
WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General designate Alberto Gonzales will have to wait at least another week before getting a Senate committee vote on his nomination to be the nation's top law enforcement officer.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee decided Wednesday to ask for a one-week hold on Gonzales' nomination.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said the committee should not vote on Gonzales yet because the nominee has not yet answered all of the Democrats' questions. Democrats have complained that Gonzales has been evasive with his answers to their questions about White House policies on the war on terror and they want him delayed until they are satisfied.
"If we are to meet our constitutional responsibility in the confirmation process, we must insist that Mr. Gonzales provide responsive answers to these fundamental questions," Kennedy said. "He should not be listed on the agenda for a committee vote on his nomination until he does so."
The delay means that Senate Judiciary chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., can call for a confirmation vote on Gonzales at the next committee voting session, which will likely be next week when the Senate returns from its January recess.
Gonzales, who served as President Bush's lawyer during his first term, is expected to be confirmed when the Senate returns after Bush's inauguration. He would be the nation's first Hispanic attorney general and replace John Ashcroft.
In written answers to Democratic questions on Tuesday, Gonzales said he supports extending the expired federal assault weapons ban. He also told senators he wants Congress to reauthorize the Patriot Act this year, despite complaints that it is too intrusive.
That fat assed SOB of a murderer would not know a Constitutional responsibility if it bit him on his alcohol induced fat ass.
Did the Republican leadership in the Senate approve this a** hole Kennedy request to hold Gonzales nomination?
More outrage from this fool.
"If we are to meet our constitutional responsibility in the confirmation process, we must insist that Mr. Gonzales provide responsive answers to these fundamental questions," Kennedy said. "He should not be listed on the agenda for a committee vote on his nomination until he does so."
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Crawl back into your vodka bottle Teddy!
Senate aide whispering in Fat Teddy's ear, 'pssst,,,psst'...
Senator Oldsmobile: "MR CHAIRMAN! We ask for a week delay on the nomination of Mr. Gonzales!"
Senator Specter: "Why is that Senator?"
Drunken Ted: "We're out of Chivas Regal, and I need to re-order!"
Specter: "It is so ordered, see you all next week."
Kennedy: "Hic! Thansnks Missster Charman!"
Teddy's at it again.
Obstructionist! Who will be defeated in 2006 because of this dysfunctional dimocrat practice??
Maybe Tom Daschle is deeply saddened -- but he has the answer to my querry.
Can we please have the 'nuclear' option in the Senate? End cloture. This is just the beginning of the liberal obstruction. The President and Frist had better get their act together.
****Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said the committee should not vote on Gonzales yet because the nominee has not yet answered all of the Democrats' questions. Democrats have complained that Gonzales has been evasive with his answers to their questions about White House policies on the war on terror and they want him delayed until they are satisfied.*****
If you want to see evasive answers , ask the Senator from Mass. about his night out with Mary Jo. Ask him why they burned John-John's body and spread his ashes at sea without autopsy. Ask him why he drove his wife to drunkenness and made bastards of his kids with an annullment he bought from the church.Ask him about his connections to the IRA.
I dont see how this drunken clown has the nerve to show up at the Senate and open his fat mouth about other peoples qualifications.
Well those liberals would really get their way by retaining John Ashcroft as AG for a bit longer ...
Works for me.....
I don't care who stops Gonzales as long as he's denied the appointment, he's bad news from one end to the other!
Perhaps the swimmer can explain why he had no answer as to why he left the young woman to die in his car, then we can move on.
1) Strategery
2)Misunderestimation
I said a long time ago that Bush sucks them in, then laughs as he slides by, kicking them in the arse...he is Red Skelton playing a matador, Bugs Bunny playing with Elmer, Droopy at his best...good, decent, honest, focused, humble...and most importantly...correct.
It would serve the Legislature well to adopt more of his tactics...it's far easier to let your opponent fall past you in headlong rush than in actuality buttress them in trying to pull them up short.
Let's hope Bush uses this delay to find a new nominee who doesn't support assult ban renewal, nor uses his brother as a spurious reason for such a renewal.
Why didn't you stay and help Mary Jo out of your car?
At this point I'd be just as happy to see Gonzales get voted down.
every time one of these leftist clowns opens their mouth they put another nail in the coffin of the 'Rat party...
keep talkin' Teddy! LMAO
Why? Do you know? If so, I'm interested...
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