[CharlesWayneCT]

So Feingold brings it up, Senator Frist calls for Unanimous Consent to VOTE on it, and Reid has to object to having a vote, because they don't actuall want to vote on it.

Then after Feingold speaks, Arlen gets up to have a "debate" with him, but Russ runs off, with Arlen asking him to stay and then asking his staff to go get him.

Then he spends most of his speech trashing Feingold for not staying around to actually debate his resolution.

Durbin comes and asks a question of Specter, and Specter says "you're harder to debate than the senator from wisconsin".

[American Quilter]

Good for Specter.

[Northern Yankee]

What an absolute coward Feingold is.

He ran away from Arlen?

Unbelivible.

Atta boy Russ, show them just how unpresidential you are.

[bcsco]

"So Feingold brings it up, Senator Frist calls for Unanimous Consent to VOTE on it, and Reid has to object to having a vote, because they don't actually want to vote on it.

Then after Feingold speaks, Arlen gets up to have a 'debate' with him, but Russ runs off, with Arlen asking him to stay and then asking his staff to go get him.

Then he spends most of his speech trashing Feingold for not staying around to actually debate his resolution.

Durbin comes and asks a question of Specter, and Specter says 'you're harder to debate than the senator from Wisconsin'."

Where did you get this? Did this actually happen on the Senate floor? I recall someone on FR this a.m. suggesting that Frist should call for a vote if he had the cojones, but haven't heard anything definite. If this is true, it's really something!

[pollyannaish]

Is that really how it went? Bwahahahaha!

Wow. That sounded like lots of fun.

[goldstategop]

Its funny Dingy Harry complained about the unanimous consent requirement, huh? Last year he and Turban Durbin sprung a political surprise stunt upon the Senate, forcing it to stay in secret session to consider an intelligence item. He didn't clear that then with Majority Leader Frist. Yeah, payback's a b*tch.

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