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Democrats threaten a filibuster on Bolton - ("good faith" of Democrats didn't last long!)
WASHINGTON TIMES.COM ^
| MAY 26, 2005
| STEPHEN DINAN
Posted on 05/26/2005 2:48:58 PM PDT by CHARLITE
Democrats said they will try to filibuster John R. Bolton, the president's nominee to be ambassador to the United Nations, if the Bush administration does not turn over two final sets of documents.
"If the administration doesn't give us this information, then I want a 60-vote requirement here so that senators can express their views on this issue of the documentation that we need," said Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, Connecticut Democrat and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee who has been among Mr. Bolton's strongest critics.
Republicans say there are enough votes to confirm Mr. Bolton once those objections are overcome, but they first must win a cloture vote set for this evening to stop the filibuster.
Mr. Dodd said he actually supports an up-or-down vote on Mr. Bolton, but is being forced into a filibuster as a protest against the administration.
It is the latest in a series of stumbling blocks for Mr. Bolton, whose nomination has been held up several times as Democrats and the administration butt heads over releasing records from his time as undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.
Mr. Dodd said he knows how a filibuster might look to voters, given how a coalition of senators headed off a showdown earlier this week on filibusters of judicial nominees, but said Democrats must demand the administration's cooperation.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; badfaith; bolton; bush; christopherdodd; connecticut; democrat; filibuster; johnbolton; nominee; obstructionistdems; unitednations; usambassador
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To: All
Looks like the Demorats have done it again, and I thought I was outraged yesterday ....today did it.
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posted on
05/26/2005 3:43:31 PM PDT
by
cousair
To: 26lemoncharlie
You mean it's not because of his fat head that he rides so high in the water?
Or does he just like to play
"BOBBING FOR WHALES?"
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posted on
05/26/2005 3:45:18 PM PDT
by
Quix
(LOVE NEVER FAILS.)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
To much of a dominant personality at the U.N. for you?
To: CHARLITE
Notice the source on this Wash. Times. I will be very surprised if many of the old media pick up on this.
44
posted on
05/26/2005 3:51:11 PM PDT
by
rodguy911
(Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU)
To: CHARLITE
Just saw the documentary
Shake Hands with the Devil, about how the UN sat on its hands while 800,000 Rwandans were slaughtered. Shows Albright cheerfully leaving the General Assembly, waving (to the camera?) after voting for the UN pullout. Shows Clinton and the little nay-voting Mrs. arriving for some memorial. I wanted to throw up.
We need someone tough in the United Nations right now! The UN is worse than useless as it stands, because it is pretending to be a peacekeeping organization while it stuffs its own gullet with the good life.
45
posted on
05/26/2005 3:51:30 PM PDT
by
firebrand
(born too late)
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
OK, my brain kicked in. I would veto Michael Bolton, as well.
To: Quix
He sohld be bobbing for ROCKS!
47
posted on
05/26/2005 3:54:32 PM PDT
by
26lemoncharlie
('Cuntas haereses tu sola interemisti in universo mundo!')
To: BeHoldAPaleHorse
I, too, would filibuster Michael Bolton. Is he still around? I thought he hurt himself on one of those high soprano notes and had to retire.
48
posted on
05/26/2005 3:54:32 PM PDT
by
Bernard Marx
(Don't make the mistake of interpreting my Civility as Servility)
To: All
WTF?????.... Frist just voted "NO" for Cloture on Bolton !!!
49
posted on
05/26/2005 3:54:48 PM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: All
Is everyone getting Dingy Harry right now?? He is talking that this no!!t a FILIBUSTER!! It is, in every way..it has and is and will be!! ANGER!!@oh fluggggggg
50
posted on
05/26/2005 3:57:13 PM PDT
by
cousair
To: Robe
Frist voted "No" because he realized the Motion was going to be defeated. Only those on the winning side can move for reconsideration, which Frist just did. When the Senate reengages, the Bolton cloture vote will occur again.
Between now and Tuesday (?) Frist will be seeking two more votes to force the issue of the Bolton nomination.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column: "The Gunfight at Not-OK Corral"
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posted on
05/26/2005 4:00:26 PM PDT
by
Congressman Billybob
(For copies of my speech, "Dealing with Outlaw Judges," please Freepmail me.)
To: Congressman Billybob
Damn, this govmnt stuff gets confusin'(:^)
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posted on
05/26/2005 4:04:28 PM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Congressman Billybob
Frist voted "No" because he realized the Motion was going to be defeated. Only those on the winning side can move for reconsideration, which Frist just did. When the Senate reengages, the Bolton cloture vote will occur again.
Basically in Football terms, the Republican were going for a goal, they were trippped, fumbled the ball, but Frist was able to pick the ball back up and save the Bolton vote in a week or so.
I think the Democrats just burned their last bridge with the Republicans and we about to see gridiron politics in the U.S. Senate.
To: tet68; All
Excellent post more people need to understand where the demon/rat values really lie, power,socialism, absolute control at any cost. Even with a nation at war. They could care less.
54
posted on
05/26/2005 4:09:11 PM PDT
by
rodguy911
(Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU)
To: smoothsailing
The Rs are grinning from ear to ear on the Senate floor.Could they have the votes?Not hardly; just squinting and gritting teeth to keep from crapping in their pants after losing the cloture vote.
55
posted on
05/26/2005 4:12:31 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(RINO's make Pubbies MINO's (Majority in Name Only))
To: cousair
I just saw Dingy and Joebiden on formerly fat chris' show, miraculously he got them in before the top of the hour but just "couldn't quite squeeze in Bill Frist." I was shocked. Gardening show at 11.
56
posted on
05/26/2005 4:15:40 PM PDT
by
rodguy911
(Time to get rid of the UN and the ACLU)
To: CedarDave
Yeah, I just have this eternal optimist thing about me.Not doing me much good lately,though.
57
posted on
05/26/2005 4:25:04 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: smoothsailing
Well, it was just wishfull thinking on my part.Another day.....
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posted on
05/26/2005 4:27:23 PM PDT
by
smoothsailing
(Qui Nhon Turtle Co.)
To: LasVegasMac
Ahem.
I oppose MICHAEL Bolton, not JOHN Bolton.
To: Congressman Billybob
Why 2 and not 4, Congressman Billybob?
They had 56 yea and needed 60 .....
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