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
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51 posted on
05/26/2005 4:00:26 PM PDT by
Congressman Billybob
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To: Congressman Billybob
Damn, this govmnt stuff gets confusin'(:^)
52 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: Congressman Billybob
Why 2 and not 4, Congressman Billybob?
They had 56 yea and needed 60 .....
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