LIVE SENATE THREAD: C-span 2 - Noon EST; "Suppose the Dems throw a filabuster and NOBODY comes?"

C-span 2

[ken5050]

The Senate meets at noon today, again in Executive Session, for the 3rd day of debate on the nomination of Samuel Alito to SCOTUS. Not sure, what, if anything, will happen today..Will there be a filabuster?..will anyone show up..might be work while checking out the beginning of the session, to get the lay of the land....

[traderrob6]

Here's a few comments off my blog concerning Lurch's filibuster....the idiots DUers think Kerry is their saviour. Those on the right know better....

Kerry the coward pulled this stunt knowing full well that Reid didn't have the votes, what a turd.
mgb | 01.26.06 - 8:03 pm | #

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Kerry is a coward for standing up for what he believes in and taking a political risk?

Or are you refering to the swiftboat liars?
Bryant | Homepage | 01.27.06 - 11:21 am | #

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With all do respect to the newbie commnentor on the left. This is nothing but a political "stunt" to collect names for his 08 run. You obviously wouldn't recognize a blatant example of political expediency if it bit you in the ass.
mgb | 01.27.06 - 12:33 pm | #

[Txsleuth]

I am sure it does....I would be shocked if the Congressional Record was anthing but verbatim....LOL

[roaddog727]

current vote tally @1235hrs :

55 Yea
32 Nea

[OXENinFLA]

Senator Depends up.....

[I_like_good_things_too]

Sure, the dems made a deal not to filibuster. And, the republicans will act shocked & surprised that the dems act like dems and lie. Again.

[hipaatwo]

Senator Depends up.


MUTE TIME..listening to Rush till that puke is off my t.v.

[Txsleuth]

OMG....AL GORE has 41% in favor of him for POTUS in 2008???

Next was WES CLARK!!!

[A Citizen Reporter]

Stupid Leahy,

When Roosevelt was packing the Supreme Court, he actually changed the number of Supremes to get his liberal philosophy through.

[TomGuy]

Sen. Sessions is blasting the concept of foreign law as the basis for SC decisions.

Good for him.

Trouble is, O'connor and other judges have been on the side of using foreign law. So have some Senators. Remember Sen. Specter's reliance of Scottish Law during the Clinton Impeachment hearing?

The best counter I've heard was someone who posted/said: Our Forefathers established The Constitution to get away from foreign (European) law.

[Founding Father]

I say Bush should stop in the middle of his SOTU speech and swear in Alito.

[American Quilter]

check here for the 2006 senate seats up for re-election:

Thanks for that info.

[traderrob6]

He was going to take it to 11 or was it 13?

[ken5050]

Well..it's better than Molly Ivins..this morning on C-spam, she suggested the Dems run Carter, or Bill Moyers..

[Cboldt]

C-SPAN2 unofficial tally of Senators' positions on the confirmation vote of Samuel A. Alito to the Suprme Court.

     Aye = 55                   Nay = 32
     3 GOP yet to commit:       10 DEM yet to commit:

     Chaffee       _ __/|       Bayh            Landrieu
     Snowe         \`O.o'       Cantwell        Lautenberg
     Stevens       =(_ _)=      Conrad          Menendez
                      U         Dayton          Pryor    
                 Phhlllt Ack!   Dorgan          Rockefeller

     DEM Crossover = 3          GOP Crossover = 0

     Nelson  (NE)
     Johnson (SD)
     Byrd    (WV)

[Dad yer funny]

well , Leahy sounds like they'll be trying for whatever they can get,

... may not be a genuine filibuster but,

... they WILL try to gum-up the works

[Choose Ye This Day]

My post about the servants was done tongue-in-cheek...but I think today's wimpy Senate can bring in a small number of pitch hitters to help the other Senator out. I'm not sure, though.

[roaddog727]

Nice Bill-the-cat drawing!

ROTFLMAO!

Phhlllt Ack!

[Bahbah]

I cannot believe Leaky is going on about the Vanguard business again. Isn't he embarrassed?

[American Quilter]

Thanks so much for telling us what Sessions is saying--I can't get access here at work!

[ccmovrwc]

And CAP, too. DRINK! :)