Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) announces she is voting against the nomination of J. Leon Holmes

How Appealing ^ | 7-6-2004 | Howard Bashman

[AC1]

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) announces she is voting against the nomination of J. Leon Holmes to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas: In her remarks on the floor of the U.S. Senate, which are continuing as I type this, she also condemned Second Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi for his recent remarks about President Bush. It will be her first vote against any of President Bush's judicial nominees.

posted at 16:09 by Howard Bashman

[PA Lurker]

I heard on Fox News a few minutes ago the the Judge was approved by a majority in the Senate. KBH did vote against his approval but the majority carried the day. Does anyone know how my RINO senior senator from Pennsylvania voted on the judge?

[deport]

Question.... who would you replace Hutchison with?

Name someone that can win the primary should she decide to run again.... I personally think she will opt out but we'll see...

[sinkspur]

So you like her position on abortion and the NEA, and NEH? Those aren't liberal positions in your world?

I don't agree with her position on abortion or the NEA, but her conservative numbers are over 90%.

The only person who will always vote the way YOU want is YOU.

[deport]

Kay Bailey usually votes the line but on some issues she's got her stance and will vote that way....

[deport]

I'm amazed. Specter showed he still has some brains left.

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Just a guess but I suspect Specter is looking to the committee position in 05 and doesn't want to tick off the leadership to the point of changing the rules....

[SUSSA]

I don't think anyone can unseat a sitting Senator barring some major scandal. I’d like to see her replaced by Tom DeLay or Joe Barton.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

OK your right, I'll support Perry for governor. After all he is the guy who vetoed 58 bills two years ago BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHY! Yep that's my guy now.

[deport]

I agree it's very hard to unseat a sitting senator.... I still think she may opt out..... I'm not sure who has the statewide appeal to win the primary at this stage... Several possibilities out there. DeLay has enhanced his position with the recent redistricting imo.....

[SUSSA]

I don't agree with her position on abortion or the NEA, but her conservative numbers are over 90%.

Yeah but those ratings are just samplings. We can do much better than her. It's too bad the conservative vote split 11 years ago otherwise Barton would have that seat.

[sinkspur]

We can do much better than her. It's too bad the conservative vote split 11 years ago otherwise Barton would have that seat.

Barton's my congressman. He is just such a boring campaigner!

I'm not going to complain about a 90% ACU rating.

[sinkspur]

I’d like to see her replaced by Tom DeLay or Joe Barton.

I can't see either of these guys giving up all the power they've got in the House to become a freshman Senator.

[Robert_Paulson2]

In it, Mr. Holmes and his wife wrote that "the wife is to subordinate herself to the husband

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Nail.

Coffin.

[SUSSA]

Perry is roling back the size of government. He is getting very little help from Dewhurst and having to fight Strayhorn. He and Tom Craddick are doing the best they can under the circumstances.

[So Cal Rocket]

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 108^th Congress - 2^nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation J. Leon Holmes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge )
Vote Number:	153	Vote Date:	July 6, 2004, 05:45 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number:	PN279
Nomination Description:	J. Leon Holmes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

Vote Counts:	YEAs	51
	NAYs	46
	Not Voting	3

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Nay Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Yea Allen (R-VA), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Nay Bayh (D-IN), Nay Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Nay Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Breaux (D-LA), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burns (R-MT), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Campbell (R-CO), Yea Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Carper (D-DE), Nay Chafee (R-RI), Nay Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Nay Conrad (D-ND), Nay Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Corzine (D-NJ), Nay Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea Daschle (D-SD), Nay Dayton (D-MN), Nay DeWine (R-OH), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay

Dole (R-NC), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Edwards (D-NC), Not Voting Ensign (R-NV), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Nay Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea Frist (R-TN), Yea Graham (D-FL), Nay Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hollings (D-SC), Nay Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Nay Jeffords (I-VT), Nay Johnson (D-SD), Nay Kennedy (D-MA), Nay Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting Kohl (D-WI), Nay Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (D-CT), Nay Lincoln (D-AR), Yea

Lott (R-MS), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Nay Miller (D-GA), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Not Voting Murray (D-WA), Nay Nelson (D-FL), Nay Nelson (D-NE), Yea Nickles (R-OK), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay Santorum (R-PA), Yea Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Nay Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Yea Sununu (R-NH), Yea Talent (R-MO), Yea Thomas (R-WY), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Nay

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---51
Alexander (R-TN) Allard (R-CO) Allen (R-VA) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Breaux (D-LA) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Burns (R-MT) Campbell (R-CO) Chambliss (R-GA) Cochran (R-MS) Coleman (R-MN) Cornyn (R-TX) Craig (R-ID) Crapo (R-ID) DeWine (R-OH)	Dole (R-NC) Domenici (R-NM) Ensign (R-NV) Enzi (R-WY) Fitzgerald (R-IL) Frist (R-TN) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hagel (R-NE) Hatch (R-UT) Inhofe (R-OK) Kyl (R-AZ) Landrieu (D-LA) Lincoln (D-AR) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN)	McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Miller (D-GA) Nelson (D-NE) Nickles (R-OK) Pryor (D-AR) Roberts (R-KS) Santorum (R-PA) Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-OR) Specter (R-PA) Stevens (R-AK) Sununu (R-NH) Talent (R-MO) Thomas (R-WY) Voinovich (R-OH)

NAYs ---46
Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Bayh (D-IN) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Byrd (D-WV) Cantwell (D-WA) Carper (D-DE) Chafee (R-RI) Clinton (D-NY) Collins (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) Corzine (D-NJ) Daschle (D-SD) Dayton (D-MN)	Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Durbin (D-IL) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Graham (D-FL) Harkin (D-IA) Hollings (D-SC) Hutchison (R-TX) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (I-VT) Johnson (D-SD) Kennedy (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT)	Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Mikulski (D-MD) Murray (D-WA) Nelson (D-FL) Reed (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Schumer (D-NY) Snowe (R-ME) Stabenow (D-MI) Warner (R-VA) Wyden (D-OR)

Not Voting - 3
Edwards (D-NC)	Kerry (D-MA)	Murkowski (R-AK)

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Grouped by Home State

Alabama:	Sessions (R-AL), Yea	Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Alaska:	Murkowski (R-AK), Not Voting	Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Arizona:	Kyl (R-AZ), Yea	McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas:	Lincoln (D-AR), Yea	Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California:	Boxer (D-CA), Nay	Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Colorado:	Allard (R-CO), Yea	Campbell (R-CO), Yea
Connecticut:	Dodd (D-CT), Nay	Lieberman (D-CT), Nay
Delaware:	Biden (D-DE), Nay	Carper (D-DE), Nay
Florida:	Graham (D-FL), Nay	Nelson (D-FL), Nay
Georgia:	Chambliss (R-GA), Yea	Miller (D-GA), Yea
Hawaii:	Akaka (D-HI), Nay	Inouye (D-HI), Nay
Idaho:	Craig (R-ID), Yea	Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Illinois:	Durbin (D-IL), Nay	Fitzgerald (R-IL), Yea
Indiana:	Bayh (D-IN), Nay	Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Iowa:	Grassley (R-IA), Yea	Harkin (D-IA), Nay
Kansas:	Brownback (R-KS), Yea	Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky:	Bunning (R-KY), Yea	McConnell (R-KY), Yea
Louisiana:	Breaux (D-LA), Yea	Landrieu (D-LA), Yea
Maine:	Collins (R-ME), Nay	Snowe (R-ME), Nay
Maryland:	Mikulski (D-MD), Nay	Sarbanes (D-MD), Nay
Massachusetts:	Kennedy (D-MA), Nay	Kerry (D-MA), Not Voting
Michigan:	Levin (D-MI), Nay	Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Minnesota:	Coleman (R-MN), Yea	Dayton (D-MN), Nay
Mississippi:	Cochran (R-MS), Yea	Lott (R-MS), Yea
Missouri:	Bond (R-MO), Yea	Talent (R-MO), Yea
Montana:	Baucus (D-MT), Nay	Burns (R-MT), Yea
Nebraska:	Hagel (R-NE), Yea	Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada:	Ensign (R-NV), Yea	Reid (D-NV), Nay
New Hampshire:	Gregg (R-NH), Yea	Sununu (R-NH), Yea
New Jersey:	Corzine (D-NJ), Nay	Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay
New Mexico:	Bingaman (D-NM), Nay	Domenici (R-NM), Yea
New York:	Clinton (D-NY), Nay	Schumer (D-NY), Nay
North Carolina:	Dole (R-NC), Yea	Edwards (D-NC), Not Voting
North Dakota:	Conrad (D-ND), Nay	Dorgan (D-ND), Nay
Ohio:	DeWine (R-OH), Yea	Voinovich (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma:	Inhofe (R-OK), Yea	Nickles (R-OK), Yea
Oregon:	Smith (R-OR), Yea	Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Pennsylvania:	Santorum (R-PA), Yea	Specter (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island:	Chafee (R-RI), Nay	Reed (D-RI), Nay
South Carolina:	Graham (R-SC), Yea	Hollings (D-SC), Nay
South Dakota:	Daschle (D-SD), Nay	Johnson (D-SD), Nay
Tennessee:	Alexander (R-TN), Yea	Frist (R-TN), Yea
Texas:	Cornyn (R-TX), Yea	Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Utah:	Bennett (R-UT), Yea	Hatch (R-UT), Yea
Vermont:	Jeffords (I-VT), Nay	Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Virginia:	Allen (R-VA), Yea	Warner (R-VA), Nay
Washington:	Cantwell (D-WA), Nay	Murray (D-WA), Nay
West Virginia:	Byrd (D-WV), Nay	Rockefeller (D-WV), Nay
Wisconsin:	Feingold (D-WI), Nay	Kohl (D-WI), Nay
Wyoming:	Enzi (R-WY), Yea	Thomas (R-WY), Yea

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Perry is roling back the size of government. He is getting very little help from Dewhurst and having to fight Strayhorn. He and Tom Craddick are doing the best they can under the circumstances.

You two want to deal with this. Perry is a RINO of the worst sort, but I'm tired of dealing with it.

[SUSSA]

I can't see either of these guys giving up all the power they've got in the House to become a freshman Senator.


I agree about DeLay, the question was who I'd like. However, I believe Barton will run if Hutchison retires in 2006. Being one of only 100 Senators is powerful even if you are a new Senator, and not having to run every 2 years is very attractive and Barton doesn't like being in a constant campaign mode. But, you may be right.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

BTW I said I agree with you, can't you take YES for an answer?

[deport]

Probably not for either of them.... I have wonder if Kay Bailey decides to come back and run against Perry that if Perry may swap and run for the Senate seat..... Not sure what his ambitions are...

[BnBlFlag]

I agree. Rick "Hate Crimes" Perry is a sorry a$$ Rino. When he came out for the so called "hate crimes" bill, I wrote and told him that I hoped the James Byrd family would vote for him because I damned sure wasn't.
I recieved back a letter mouthing stupid platitudes.
OTOH, Kay is at least a semi Rino herself but probably better than Perry.

[SUSSA]

I agree the hate crime crap was a bad move on his part and wrote him saying so. However, he is trying to get spending under controll and reduce the size of government. You never get a politician you agree with 100% of the time.