Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., center, is accompanied by black religious leaders at a rally yesterday in support of Janice Rogers Brown, President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
If some of the Republican Senators, who are still working on undermining the Republican Senate, succeed in preventing the elimination of the filibuster, everything should be done to recall them, impeach them, and defeat them in the primary in the next election and they should be shunned by all Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., center, is accompanied by black religious leaders at a rally yesterday in support of Janice Rogers Brown, President Bush's nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Well if nothing else, Tuesday will be interesting. All hell breaking out in the Senate, politicians accusing each other of every thing in the book, the MSM going bonkers. Can't wait! I love a good fight!
BS. You will be out in the open whipping people to vote for Collins, et al. I remember you were very vocal in your support for Specter, unless I am mistaken.
The Dims can pull the rug out from under this by merely voting for cloture. B.Nelson frequently has already. That might, if the Rinos all hold for cloture, get the GOP to 56. Are there four more? They apparently offered votes on all 7 today?
Agreed.
Oh, and if Senator Warner's staff is reading this? We do not accept the senate being transfered unconstitutionally the President's individual duty and right to choose his own candidates to present for an up or down vote. If you want that power, WIN THE PRESIDENCY.
Up and down vote on all nominees. We're watching you.
From the article: "If the Republicans succeed in tabling the motion, they will have set a new precedent. From that point forward only a simple majority vote will be needed to end debate on judicial nominees. The Senate would then move to a vote on Owen's nomination."
If the Republicans fail to get the 51 votes needed to effectively table the Democrats' objection and the filibuster continues. How long before the Republicans can start this sequence a second time?
'Bout time!
I'm sick-of-this-shit! If these so-called senators thought they could away with wearing Togas, they'd do it, and we would all be as dead as Mary-Jo Kopekne
If we forget what that rat-bastard Kennedy got away with, then we're doomed to constant repeats of malfeasance by these Rat-Bastard-democRATS!
Pull the pin, Frist, and throw the F*cking thing, and find out where the RINOs are, so WE can de-fund them!
I have helped fund many worthwhile causes in the past, without regret, but I refuse to spend any more of my hard-earned money - after taxes - to keep these limped-d*cked, so-called, 'Republicans', in office!
It's May 20, 2005! This crap should be over and done with over a year ago!! Grow some goddam balls, Frist!
/rant..............FRegards
Up and down vote on all judges. Nothing less is acceptable in any way, shape, or form.
Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, many Members have been inquiring about the schedule, but I do want to thank all Senators for their statements today, as well as yesterday. The debate time has been evenly divided. We have heard from a number of people. This is our second day of debate on the nomination of Priscilla Owen for the Fifth Circuit Court. We have not had very much in the way of pauses in the debate. We have used floor time well. And from both leaders, we thank everybody for their participation and cooperation. It has been a constructive debate.Tomorrow, we will resume debate. We will be continuing debate tonight, but for people's planning purposes, tomorrow we will resume debate on Priscilla Owen, and it would be my intent to ask consent for some limitation of time before we vote on the Owen nomination. If we are unable to reach an agreement, I would then file a cloture motion tomorrow, on Friday.
On Monday, we would return to session and continue the debate on Priscilla Owen, much in the same vein it has been yesterday, today, and will be tomorrow. I encourage, once again, our colleagues to take advantage of the opportunity to speak. The reason we are spending the time is to make sure all ideas and thoughts and concerns are expressed.
The Democratic leader and I have discussed this, and we will have a vote on Monday at approximately 5:30. It will be a procedural vote. I anticipate it will be--we will say 5:30 now. Senators should return for debate on this vote. On Monday, Senators will have as much time as they need to debate the pending nomination. We will file cloture tomorrow, and then we would have the cloture vote on Tuesday. And the timing of that vote is something the Democratic leader and I have not talked about but will do so and make our colleagues aware.
With that understanding--and that is the plan--we will have no further votes this evening. And we would have no votes tomorrow as well but continue debate.
Thank you Dr. Frist and all true and patriotic Republicans !!!
