Senate Coverage -- (April '05)

Thomas ^ | 4-04-05 | US Congress

[Txsleuth]

Did ya'll know that the VP Cheney will be speaking at the Media Dinner in a little while on C-Span?

[Mo1]

I heard about it on Hannity & Colmes .. but I'm not seeing it on cspan though

[Bahbah]

I'm not seeing it on cspan though

Neither am I :-(

[Txsleuth]

I checked C-span schedule--it says 9:30 pm (est)---

[Txsleuth]

C-span schedule says 9:30 pm (edt)

[Bahbah]

Thanks, Tx. I'll click over when Ollie North, whom I just love, finishes talking about Hanoi Jane. I wish we took the crime of being a traitor as a serious one. Colmes is being his usual smarmy self.

[Mo1]

Thanks!

[Txsleuth]

Ollie has perfected the "talk over" when it comes to Alan--he just ignores Alan's stoooopidity!!!

Now, I switch over to see the "media elite" stuffing food in their mouths--yummmy..

Anyway, just think of all the radio-tv people that are in Rome and missing this whingding!! who-hoo

[Mo1]

I gotta run again .. but I have the tape going

[OXENinFLA]

07:05 AM EDT

0:41 (est.)
Speech
International Justice and Foreign Policy
American Enterprise Institute
John R. Bolton , Department of State


07:47 AM EDT

0:24 (est.)
Speech
U.S. Foreign Policy and Terrorism
American Spectator
John R. Bolton , Department of State


ON NOW!! HE'S RIPPING THE ICC!

[OXENinFLA]

On C-span3, whoops

[OXENinFLA]

Ollie has perfected the "talk over" when it comes to Alan

You gotta be talking about when Alan was talking about Hanoi Jane.

[Mo1]

FNC is showing the inauuration of Iraq new President

History has been made!!

[OXENinFLA]

Thursday, Apr. 7, 2005
9:30 a.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of
John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be U.S.
Representative to United Nations, with the rank
and status of Ambassador and U.S. Representative
in the Security Council of the United Nations,
and Representative to the Sessions of the General
Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure
of service as Representative of the United States
of America to the United Nations.


9:30 a.m.
Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S.378, to make it a
criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the
intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to
any person while on board a passenger vessel,
S.119, to provide for the protection of
unaccompanied alien children, S.629, to amend
chapter 97 of title 18, United States Code,
relating to protecting against attacks on
railroads and other mass transportation systems,
and the nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of
North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Fourth Circuit, Priscilla Richman Owen,
of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for
the Fifth Circuit, Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be
United States District Judge for the Western
District of North Carolina, James C. Dever III,
to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of North Carolina, and Thomas B.
Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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Next Senate meeting: Thursday, April 7, 2005

10:00 a.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.

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PING...

[Bahbah]

to make it a criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury to any person while on board a passenger vessel

This is currently NOT the case???

[OXENinFLA]

That's the same thing I thought...

[Txsleuth]

How can they have the meeting of the judiciary committee, I thought Kennedy was going to Pope's funeral---can anything get done in Washington without Kennedy's attendence or permission? LOL

BTW, do you think that Mel Martinez will get up on Senate floor and apologize for his aide's mistake?

[OXENinFLA]

I think both committee meetings were postponed.

[Txsleuth]

I was really looking forward to the confirmation hearing of John Bolton---lots of fireworks expected!!!

Oh, well....next week!

[Txsleuth]

I just saw an interview with Tim Curran of Roll Call, during a quorum call on the Senate floor---

The "voice" asked him what is going on today on Capital Hill and he said not much because of the Pope's funeral, but he did say that there is a kerfuffle (my word) over a judicial nominee that will be going up in front of the judiciary committee today---

Supposedly, this judge is from Utah, but at one point was practicing law w/o a license. Anyway, Curran said that the dems are upset because with Durbin and Leahy missing from the judiciary committee (what about Kennedy?), the vote will be enough to send this guy Thomas (something) to a floor vote, which, (curran said) will be a fight because the dems will be mad that he made it through a "dem-light" committee vote!!!

Anyway, to make a short story long---I guess that means the judiciary committee IS meeting today!!! LOL