Posted on 05/23/2005 8:14:11 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
Senate Debate on Nominations Today the Senate resumes debate on the nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The Senate will conduct its first roll call vote of the week at 5:30pm. Follow the C-SPAN networks & C-SPAN Radio for the debate on Senate rules & judicial nominations. MON., 11:30AM ET, C-SPAN2
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ORDERS FOR MONDAY, MAY 23, 2005 -- (Senate - May 20, 2005)
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Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand in adjournment until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 23. I further ask that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved, and that the Senate then return to executive session and resume consideration of the nomination of Priscilla Owen to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, provided that the time from 12 noon until 1 p.m. be under the control of the majority leader or his designee and, at 1 p.m., the Democratic leader or his designee be recognized; provided that floor time then rotate between the two leaders or their designees every 60 minutes until 4 p.m., at which time the majority leader or his designee be recognized until 4:45 p.m., to be followed by the Democrat leader or his designee from 4:45 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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PROGRAM -- (Senate - May 20, 2005)
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Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, on Monday, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Priscilla Owen to serve as a circuit judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Monday will be the fourth consecutive day the Senate considers the Owen nomination.
Over the past 3 days, a number of Members, on both sides of the aisle, have come to the floor to speak on the nomination. We have conducted over 25 hours of debate, and we will continue on Monday. Moments ago, we filed a cloture motion on the nomination, and that will ripen on Tuesday of next week.
On behalf of the majority leader, I remind my colleagues the leader has announced our next rollcall vote will occur Monday afternoon at 5:30. That vote will be on a motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request Senators' attendance. Senator Frist will have more to say about next week's session on Monday.
This is a Marathon, not a sprint. Yesterday 7 (?) nominees were stuck, tomorrow it will be 6; next week 5;
I'll be honest
I am too angry at the moment to see that nor care
Durbin says there is nothing better then to have been shot at and missed
Unfortunately it's all built on "trust". Like I say.... I'd want to be voting last.
Graham is CYA
No. It was made plain the Constitutional Option was not taken off the table at all and Graham reiterating that is not "CYA", it is a fact.
See post 1941
Well said. Senators are now fighting over whose time it is.
Graham will learn the hard way not to trust these Dem Senators
Part II deals with future nominees: Dems agree not to filibuster EXCEPT in extraordinary circumstances. In return for that wiggle-room promise, the GOP senators declared that they WILL NOT SUPPORT a rules change during this Congress....they didn't even demand the right to do so under "extraordinary circumstances"!!!!
tell Graham the jig is up. he's out in his next election. No amount of spin will save his butt.
One point to consider -- now that they will allow Owens and Brown through, they can't use the 'they're too conservative' block for others. So the dims blinked.
Yeah I agree. I could move to that state and beat him next time. He wont' be back.
Lineup?
Durbin
Warner
Schumer
Allard
Harkin
Boxer
Right. But at least these seven Dem clowns have signed an agreement that they will vote for cloture. But that doesn't guarantee they won't. :-)
Yes, they want to get their face on the TeeVee!!!!
Fighting about it.
"If owen gets in we lost. Everything is else is after the fact b%&*$#@. It was about owen and the other mother*&^%$#@, nothing else was on the table. "
Right you are...right!
"As I hear Reid blather I am FURIOUS. FURIOUS. These RINOs have the future blood of a lot of babies on their hands. These RINOs have the future blood of un-rehabilitated, released criminals who deserve the DEATH PENALTY and got ouf of jail to rape and molest and kill again. "
Thank you for putting this in real-world terms. Well said. People (and people-who-would-have-been) will DIE so a group of spineless RINOS can put their arms around a bunch of lying, Socialist RATS, pretend they all get along (so the MSM can say nice things about them), and have a great time together at dinner parties.
Yep .. we win in the short run .. but will get screwed in the long run
Explains why they Dems are so giddy they are about to wet themselves
These 100 Senators---all kinds of happy chit-chat right now, but behind the scenes we have major tug-of-war, the Left, the Right and the WHORES in the middle. I am mad beyond words at McCain and his @#$%%^&*( ilk!
GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
The Du ers do get it. We negotiated a deal that lets the first 3 in. You take that. Ried will filibuster the others, and if the 7 dems vote to keep the filibuster going on the others, then we're back to where we are now.
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