Alert!!! Alert!!!!
John Warner has been speaking about presenting an amendment to the defense spending bill that he had to get cleared through the Parlementarian, to find out if it is germane...
He just stated that the Parlementarian ruled that it is germane....but he hasn't spelled out the amendment....
THEN, he said that "to save time for the Senators" he had agreed with Senator LEVIN....to take over 100 AMENDMENTS and roll them into a MANAGER'S PACKAGE....which would require only ONE vote....
and attach his amendment to those 101 Amendments!!!!
WE have NO IDEA what those amendments are...they haven't been in this week hardly at all because of the Jewish holiday...
Sen. Stevens is trying to object....but he has Levin and Warner confusing the heck out of everyone!!!
I HATE IT WHEN THE HAVE HUGH BILLS THAT WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT!!!!
That is LOUSY! I'm starting to hate them all - Republicans and Democrats alike.
You just know it isn't gonna be good. I don't trust Warner to begin with, but Levin...there are no bigger snakes than him.
def....I am so sorry, I forgot to put your name on post #25....it is for you also...
I just got off the phone with both of my Senator's offices...and was very firm that I am not liking what is going on right now....
How all of this wrangling is going on, but WE THE TAXPAYERS, have no clue what those 100 amendments are....
I wish I felt better, after calling, but I don't...shoot!
Thanks for the ping. Stevens is unhappy.
I think his objection is mostly related to the time it will take to slog through the added stuff. He wants the authorization bill to go through more quickly.