Posted on 01/25/2006 5:46:02 AM PST by ken5050
Good morning once again, all you fellow political junkies. Put on a fresh pot of coffee, put the sticky buns in the oven, put a fresh battery in the remote control, and join us for the latest episode of the world's greatest daytime soap opera, "As the Democrats Bloviate." Yup, once again, it's that time...
You know THATS right....look at the "agreement" that those two supposed GOOD friends Specter and Leahy had before Christmas...
George Soros does NOT allow agreements to get in the way of his agenda..
There is no way to guarantee a time, other than a cloture vote occurs with one full day intervening between filing the motion and taking the cloture vote.
If a cloture motion was filed today (it won't be), the cloture vote would be on Friday.
I'm not sure if there is some arcane rule regarding weekend "days," but assume they are like weekdays. To wit, a cloture motion filed on Friday could result in a cloture vote on Sunday. Under ordinary circumstances, with no session days scheduled for weekend, a cloture motion filed on Friday results in a cloture vote on the Tuesday following.
Another point is that a failed cloture vote does -NOT- kill the nomination. If there is a cloture vote, expect a few points of order being raised before the cloture vote is taken.
Hey he sounds like a winner..here is his opening statement in the Alito hearings..Enjoy!
http://coburn.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=News.PressReleases&id=187
Regarding Hillary...
She is dragging out HillaryCare...which we KNOW would provide abortions to all those poor, poor women that have nothing better to do than get pregnant...when they know better...
SO...her vote is a given....BUT, I wonder if she will have the courage of her convictions and actually come out in favor of murdering babies....by giving a speech on the Senate floor...OR, will she be conveniently absent for all debate.
He looks better than I remember seeing him
Yeah....Frist should finagle a way to get Reid to say "prevalent"....LOL
Doesn't that picture of Harry Reid with his face scrunched up, look like Cindy Sheehan's twin brother???
LOL!!!
Has he lost weight?
Here we go.
On C-span 1....Lieberman is having a hearing about LOBBYING reform....so Bush will be getting BASHED on BOTH c-span channels today...at the same time!!!
I swear this is getting so ridiculous....all Congress is about nowdays is finding something to have HEARINGS about...and all of them are geared to BLAME somebody named BUSH!!!!
If this were the House of Commons, the backbenchers would be yelling, "Reading! Reading!"
McCain just HAS to have camera time. And 'YOU know what I mean.'
Interesting that Ted Stevens is sitting in the Chair as I believe he is still officially undecided. Frist --we'll go into the night. Wants to lock in a time certain for the vote, but still no agreement. Moving to executive session to consider the nomination. McCain up to talk about lobbying reform--what Frist must go through.
Thanks for the great overview. I'm going to steel myself for the disgusting bloviating and frequently remind myself that they will be the BIG LOSERS in the end. Here goes...I'm logging on to cspan. Oops maybe a tums would be in order first...
McQueeg ... The Today Show, Tony Snow, and now the Senate floor? Media ho!
"...strip search of ten year old warrants..."
LOL!
MCCAIN!!! WTF...is he doing???
There IS a hearing going on....why bring this up now??
OH>>.it is ALL about THEIR IMAGE and reputation???
PUH-llllleeeeeze, pack those damn egos in a box...and GET TO WORK!!!!
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