Posted on 03/23/2005 5:23:11 AM PST by Just Kimberly
Wednesday, March 23, 2005 Filibuster in Fight in D.C.
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The Filibuster Fight. What’s It All About?
There is a fight going on in the U.S. Senate. While on the surface it is about who will control the confirmation of federal judges, it is in reality about far more than that. In fact, it is about the future of America.
In a few weeks the Senate will vote on changing the filibuster rule. It will be the most important vote taken during this session of Congress.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and 31 other liberal Democrats have thrown down the gauntlet: Do it our way or we will shut down the entire Senate except for national defense matters and "essential operations."
The media has put out so much misinformation concerning this situation that we did an interview with Sen. John Cornyn of Texas to clear up the confusion. Sen. Cornyn is recognized as the leading authority in explaining the battle over which rule will be used to confirm judges, the traditional 51 vote total required by the constitution or the 60 vote total desired by liberal Democrat Senators.
To all - Check out the post by Jim Robinson - I believe this is very relative to what I have posted. Time to Motivate! JK
"Maybe by '08 the Pubbies will finally have a majority"
'08 is five years too late. This coming failure by Frist and the "majority" will doom them to insignificance.
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