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New battle brewing on civil rights panel
Washington Times ^
| Tuesday, December 11, 2001
| By Steve Miller
Posted on 12/10/2001 10:04:03 PM PST by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:49:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Another conflict is taking shape at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, where a new vacancy on the eight-member panel will be filled by congressional Democrats.
Congressional sources speaking on the condition of anonymity say that although long-standing tradition and courtesy would give Republicans their choice in the appointment, the bitter fight in Congress over appointments will affect the naming of the new commissioner.
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To: JohnHuang2
Democrats are scum. Power is the only thing they value.
To: JohnHuang2
Someone posted portions of the bill that created the Commission not long ago and as I understood it, it mandated a 4 - 4 split on the Commission with noone having a majority. I wondered how the Democrats ended up with a 5 - 3 majority when it was supposed to be 4 - 4.
To: Mind-numbed Robot
The Commission is a 4-3-1 split but the 1 "independent" is the chair Ms. Barry. So technically they are with in the rules but they are Rats so breaking the rules in okay.
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posted on
12/10/2001 10:49:54 PM PST
by
jf55510
To: JohnHuang2
let's not forget the customary photo of her hideousness, Ms Berry...
"What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"
To: JohnHuang2
Could the 4-4 split apply to how the appointments are made? Four made by Democrats and four by Republicans. Every appointment made by Republicans should be a conservative Independant.
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posted on
12/11/2001 3:37:25 AM PST
by
goosie
To: GOPcapitalist
"What you talkin' 'bout Willis?" LOL!!! Jeez! You ain't kidding! She is damn near the spitting image of ol' Gary Coleman.
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posted on
12/11/2001 3:45:33 AM PST
by
Drew68
To: JohnHuang2
Johnny: You post these things so damn early (ie. the night before) that they drop off the threads list!
This is a important continuing-info-on-a-bigoted-Democratic-predjudiced-Racist-no-good-scumbag-totalitarian-facist/stalinist-scumbag-Bump.
To: JohnHuang2
bump
To: JohnHuang2
Bump! Dash-hole.
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posted on
12/11/2001 10:00:58 AM PST
by
Stultis
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