[TomGuy]

The Dimms are threatening not to show up on Thursday to vote on Bolton???

Where did you hear this?

That tactic was first mentioned a week or so ago, as a threat, especially if the Pubbies used the nuclear option to stop the judicial filibusters.

That is a new tactic Senate Dems are threatening to use. Apparently, every committee must have at least one of the opposition party (OP) present to do business. If no OP member is present, the committee cannot vote; thus it cannot get nominees out of committee.

[COBOL2Java]

That is a new tactic Senate Dems are threatening to use. Apparently, every committee must have at least one of the opposition party (OP) present to do business. If no OP member is present, the committee cannot vote; thus it cannot get nominees out of committee

Nice to see that Senate Democrats are getting ideas from the Texas Legislature!

[anita]

That is a new tactic Senate Dems are threatening to use. Apparently, every committee must have at least one of the opposition party (OP) present to do business. If no OP member is present, the committee cannot vote; thus it cannot get nominees out of committee.

Committee CAN send the nomination to the full senate even if there is no quorum or majority, without any recommendation & this is what WH advised them as per Bob Novak.

[Balding_Eagle]

That is a new tactic Senate Dems are threatening to use. Apparently, every committee must have at least one of the opposition party (OP) present to do business. If no OP member is present, the committee cannot vote; thus it cannot get nominees out of committee.

This is too sweet for words. My tagline completes the thought.

[ananda]

"nuclear option" -we should not use language in a way that is laid out by the democrats in a profoundly anti-right way. If the phrase is used at all, it should only be used to refer to the illigal use of the fillibuster. Remember that Stalin said that step one in controlling the country was to gain control of the press. He knew a very simple truth; control the words people use and you control their thinking and their subsequent actions.

Beyond that, I have no strong feelings on the matter!

[Crawdad]

Then one Republican on the committee should do a "Jeffords" for about 15 minutes and then jump back.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

That is a new tactic Senate Dems are threatening to use. Apparently, every committee must have at least one of the opposition party (OP) present to do business. If no OP member is present, the committee cannot vote; thus it cannot get nominees out of committee.

Looks like time for another rules change. If the opposition refuses to show up, the vote should go forward.