[Libloather]

It's about time to bus a move...

[Cowboy Bob]

How many Democrats are there in Red States? They may not be in favor of a filibuster.

[So Cal Rocket]

NOT. ONE. DIME. I will not contribute one thin dime to any Republican cause unless and until Bush's judicial nominees receive a straight up-or-down vote in the Senate.

[jveritas]

Great news.

[goodnesswins]

Tapping foot.....fingers......waiting................

[matymac]

I'll believe it when I see it...Haven't we heard this before...?

[Rummyfan]

Some of the President's nominees have been waiting over two years, and I won't even mention Miguel Estrada who withdrew after over two years of waiting for a vote. Frist and Company need to stop talking about taking action, and take some guldarn action!

[theDentist]

"I'll do it.... I swear I'm gonna do it..... are you listening to me?.... I'm serious this time..... I'll do it.... Realllly serious!!..... You'll see.... don't tempt me, 'cause I'll do it.... I'm not playing around any more..... you'll see...... you'll all see....... we're not kidding................ I'll do it................"

Gutless wonders.

[Soul Seeker]

DO IT ALREADY!

Senator Frist, If you don't have the votes, do it anyway! I want these red state Dems and turncoat Reps on record. Let them face the scorn of their constituents. Identify our enemies. Allow us to know who is going to do this and spend the next year and half making their lives and re-elections miserable.

[OESY]

Friday, April 15, 2005

Tricky Dick up to it again...


Illinois Senator Dick Durbin took the floor this afternoon to rant and rave about GOP abuse of power. Never in the Senate's history, claimed Durbin, has a majority of the Senate voted to change the rules.

As usual, Durbin scores a ten on style and a zero on substance.

Here are the facts:

A majority of Senators has also always possessed the constitutional power to establish new Senate precedents – including precedents that reverse prior precedents, and precedents that contravene the text of the standing rules of the Senate.

In fact, Senator Robert Byrd led the charge to establish new Senate precedents in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1987 – including a number of precedents that were designed specifically to stop filibusters and other delay tactics that were previously authorized under Senate rules or prior precedents:

* In 1977, Senator Byrd led the establishment of a new precedent in order to break a post-cloture filibuster on a natural gas deregulation bill, stating: “I make the point of order that when the Senate is operating under cloture, the Chair is required to take the initiative under Rule XXII to rule out of order all amendments which are dilatory or which on their face are out of order.” That precedent contravened prior precedent, which would have required the Chair to await a point of order from the floor.

* In 1979, Senator Byrd led the establishment of a new precedent that allowed the Chair to rule on questions of germaneness raised during the consideration of appropriations bills – notwithstanding Senate Rule XVI, which states that all questions of germaneness on appropriations bills must be decided by the full Senate.

* In 1980, Senator Byrd led the establishment of a new precedent to require an immediate vote, without debate, on any motion to go into executive session to consider a particular nomination. His new precedent was specifically designed, in his words, to “deal with a filibuster on the motion to proceed” to a nomination. Previously, a motion to proceed to a particular nomination was debatable. The new precedent was sustained by a vote of 54-38.

* In 1987, Senator Byrd caused establishment of a new precedent declaring that certain tactics were to be construed as dilatory during roll call votes and therefore always out of order no matter what – even though the text of the Senate rules had clearly authorized such tactics. Previously, dilatory tactics were out of order only after cloture had been invoked.

Source: http://fromthebleachers.blogspot.com, posted by chappy22

[Tiger Smack]

Ill believe it when I see it

[Saundra Duffy]

Whatever happened to Miguel Estrada?

[Deo et Patria]

I had a dream last night about the gift that I hope we give to the Senate libs, as a gesture of "comity":

[Liz]

We need Repubs to maintain a hardline stance, even harder than they're maintaining on this issue.......and, above all, they must never surrender to political correctness.

Political correctness is the club used by the ACLU Secular Taliban and their acolytes to beat back believers----to oust religionists of every faith from claiming their rightful place in the public square.

PC needs to be quashed every place it raises it ugly head.

We need to deliver the message far and wide-----political correctness is dead, killed by a devastated culture corrupted by secularism.

[RoseofTexas]

Being hearing this for weeks now...when are they suppose to go NUCLEAR?? This strategy should have been used long time ago, especially now against the fithy RATS and the rags for printing LIES about DeLay...

Me thinks the pubs are 4 years too late!

[ken21]

pubbies are slow learners.

we'll see how this goes.

[CyberAnt]

So .. I guess Frist is hoping to incite the Christians who live in the states represented by the "dozen or so repubs" who don't want to vote for the CONSTITUTIONAL solution.

After they get overwhelmed with email, faxes and letters, I suspect they may have a change of heart.

Nothing like the wrath of your constituents to set a person straight.

[Ravi]

I don't care if we win or lose the actual vote. Actually I do care that we win on the constitutional option. However, what is more important to me is that a vote actually takes place and we see who's on our side and who's not. I'm giving Frist the benefit of the doubt but we need to see it happen soon. Let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater here and scorn all Repubs, just the ones that vote against the constitutional option.

[philetus]

They're just trying to buy back some political capitol from the people. When all is said and done, we will be worse off than we are now.

[Edit35]

Asides from calling any and all Congress critters about this, are there any groups or movements which I can join to help stop the Democratic from blocking qualified judges from getting a vote?

[Rome2000]

I hope what you will see over the next several weeks is us to do a better job.

That'll be the day.