Posted on 02/01/2005 5:01:00 AM PST by OXENinFLA
Next Senate meeting: Tuesday, Feb 1, 2005
9:45 a.m. Convene and begin a period of morning business.
Thereafter, begin consideration of the nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales to be Attorney General.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...... I wonder if Kennedy will bring up Abu ghraib? Ya think!!
PING... 
LOL. Anyone taking bets.
BTW ... did you catch Reid and Pelosi's comments yesterday about the President's State of the Union Speech and something about how it doesn't take much intelligence to get a hundred members to stand up and clap?
Thanks for the links, Oxen. Very nice!
I saw a clip on Brit's show but didn't see the entire thing.
Uggggggggggggg......
C-span has it archived..........an HOUR long.....I'll wacth it later.
I can't get it to load ... I can't even get the stand alone player to load ... guess I'll have to try it later
Remember.........Clear your cookies...
I'm forever doing that
Looks like the Senate is open for session now ... but my cable is flaking in and out
Guess I'll go do some laundry till it's fixed ..
Back to doing laundry :0)
Mr. DURBIN. In the New York Times yesterday, Thomas Friedman, their foreign correspondent, made a valuable suggestion that relates both to the Energy Department, which Dr. Bodman will be heading, as well as our challenge in the Middle East. It is a point I have made but not as eloquently as Thomas Friedman in his article.
He said he is now part of what he calls a ``geo green movement,'' and he defined it as follows: The United States of America should be moving toward energy conservation and new renewable sources of energy to lessen our dependence on foreign oil.
The vast majority of Americans believe that is a good thing. I certainly do. You would believe that most people in this Chamber would. But not when it comes to the actual votes on better fuel economy and better fuel efficiency for America's trucks and cars. I have tried several times unsuccessfully to pass this.
How can we honestly talk about reducing our dependence on foreign oil when we continue to drive these SUVs and trucks and cars with worse gas mileage every year? Almost 50 percent of the oil we import goes into refineries in indoor gasoline tanks.
And unless or until we use less of that oil, we cannot reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
WTF!!?!?!?
By Ms. CANTWELL (for herself, Mr. CRAIG, Mrs. MURRAY, and Mr. SMITH):
S. 206. A bill to designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Gonzales debates are to start shortly
Oh .. Here comes Arlen to start the debate
Geez ... Why is Specter bringing up every negative thing ever said about Gonzales ???
I started a thrwad..did not mean to step on yours..people are more likely to respond to a thread with "Gonzales debate" i the heading....do you wanyt to ask the AdMin Moderator to close one, or the other..with a link? I'll defer to your wishes, as you do this far more often....regards..
Naa .. A seperate Gonzales Debate thread is ok by me
This is a general senate floor thread covering all things
I'll go search for your thread
A thrwad ?????
sure..FYI..."thrwad" is Scottish for thread...(G)
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