Condi Rice Nomination for Sec. of State: update: Confirmation by 85-13 vote

C-Span ^ | 1/26/04

[gopwinsin04]

(all times tenative since there is 1:22 of Democratic debate time left)

10:30 AM Eastern: Senate will Proceed from morning business to Executive Session resuming consideration of the nomination for Dr. Condoleeza Rice to be Secretary of State.

11:30 AM Eastern: Proceed to roll call vote on Rice nomination

Thereafter, consideration will begin on the nominations of Jim Nicholson to be Secretary of Veternas Affairs and Mike Levitt for Secretary of Health and Human Service

[cyncooper]

Biden said he'd be voting for her (and he did) but he defended the right of those who intended to vote no for doing so.

[Mo1]

Good grief. Nobody is complaining about the length of the debate, but rather that it was no debate at all. Reid is an excellent follow up to Daschle.

Reid often filled in for Tommy last year .. very really did Tommy come to the floor .. only when he had too

[DuoDamsel]

yes, and I live only 3 miles from there. Didn't even know about them until last year or so being up here until it was in the news.

[Southack]

"NAYS: Boxer Bayh Harkin Kennedy Byrd Kerry Akaka Levin Jeffords Durbin Dayton Reed"

RE: 2008...Bayh just moved to appeal to the left-wing Dem primary voters, while Hillary just moved to the Right by voting Aye.

[OXENinFLA]

So who were the 2 that didn't vote?

[hoosiermama]

Don't forget who is adding money to his PAC.....Last time he got a lot of $$$ from the coasts....Don't know about more recent times.

He says one thing while in IN and then votes with the coasts.....Wants to move upward.....Some of us would just like to see him out of office....

[My2Cents]

Kennedy, Dayton, Harkin, Levin, Boxer and Bayh?

Don't blame me. I voted for Jones.

[ErnBatavia]

there is just a whiff of Good-ole-boy racism/sexism, too.

[ex-Texan]

I agree with you that Dr. Condolezza Rice would make an excellant choice to run for President of the U.S. In fact, I suggested on my Blog Site that she would be an excellent choice to run as GWB's Vice President.

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Sadly, my disabilies worsened and I was forced to quit posting personal commentary.

[My2Cents]

Boring Barack

You mean, "Osama Obama," as Ted Kennedy called him?

[rightinthemiddle]

Evan Bayh voted AGAINST Rice? (I just got here)

That confirms it...he's running for the Dim nomination in '08.

I kind of respected him...thought he could be brought over from the dark side.

Loser.

[TRY ONE]

Just wondering... How many of these yahoos are up for reelection in 2 years? in 4 years?


The Noooooo's:

Boxer - CA
Bayh - IN
Harkin - IO
Kennedy - MA
Byrd - WV
Kerry - MA
Akaka - HI
Levin - MI
Jeffords - VT
Durbin - IL
Dayton - MN
Reed - RI

[The Inspector]

With this vote Bayh is casting his bet that things will get worse in Iraq by '08. He'll then be able to say he voted against an "architect" of the Iraq policy. Look for more leftward movements from him. He'll surely scurry back right though once the new Iraqi government starts to stand up. It's pathetic that he would bet against our troops but I think that is exactly what he's doing. BTW, Kerry is doing the same thing.

[Mo1]

Thanks for the info

[Barlowmaker]

Dayton's up. (Rubbing hands).

[YaYa123]

Eric is a pain in the butt isn't he? The only good thing about seeing him, is that his rude, disgusting behavior gets exposure. Now he's saying that blogs coming out of Iraq are probably covert CIA operatives. The other guy just called him a tin foil hatter!

He's an angry asshole. Watch for flames.

[finnman69]

Boxer
Kennedy
Levin
Byrd
Kerry
Jeffords
Reed
Durbin
Dayton
Akaka
Bayh
Lautenberg
Harkin

[ShellieGOP]

The Noooooo's:

Boxer - CA
Bayh - IN
Harkin - IO
Kennedy - MA
Byrd - WV
Kerry - MA
Akaka - HI
Levin - MI
Jeffords - VT
Durbin - IL
Dayton - MN
Reed - RI

You forgot Lautenberg. He voted NAY...