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LIVE THREAD: SENATE FILIBUSTER!! Call Capitol Swtchbrd 1-800-648-3516 to Protest Dem Obstructionism
www.freerepublic.com | November 12, 2003

Posted on 11/12/2003 2:45:39 PM PST by Howlin

FILIBUSTER BEGINS AT 6:00 P.M. EST!!!!



TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: constitutionlist; demnuts; dnc; filibuster; gop; hughhewitt; judicialnominees; marathon; scotuslist; senate
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To: Howlin
I'm glad Hatch is on now, he's sounding pretty good. Every nominee does have a right to an up or down vote.
341 posted on 11/12/2003 4:06:16 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: All
PROMINENT DEMOCRAT SENATORS ON THE RECORD:

* Tom Harkin (D-IA) "Have the guts to come out and vote up or down….And once and for all, put behind us this filibuster procedure on nominations."

(Cong. Rec., 6/22/95, S8861)

* Joseph Biden (D-DE) "everyone who is nominated is entitled to have a … vote on the floor."

(Cong. Rec., 3/19/97, S2540)

* Richard Durbin (D-IL) "If, after 150 days languishing on the Executive Calendar that name has not been called for a vote, it should be. Vote the person up or down."

(Cong. Rec., 9/28/98, S11021)

* Carl Levin (D-MI) "If a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate is prepared to vote to confirm the President's appointment, that vote should occur."

(Cong. Rec., 6/21/95, S8806)

* Edward Kennedy (D-MA) "If our … colleagues don't like them, vote against them. But give them a vote." (Cong. Rec., 2/3/98, S292)

* Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) "Let's bring their nominations up, debate them if necessary, and vote them up or down."

(Cong. Rec., 9/11/97, S9165)

* Tom Daschle (D-SD) "I find it simply baffling that a Senator would vote against even voting on a judicial nomination." (Cong. Rec., 10/5/99, S11919)

* Patrick Leahy (D-VT) "I have stated over and over again … that I would object and fight against any filibuster on a judge, whether it is somebody I opposed or supported." (Cong. Rec, 6/18/98, S6521)

* Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) The filibuster "has unfortunately become a commonplace tactic to thwart the will of the majority." (Cong. Rec., 1/4/95, S36)
342 posted on 11/12/2003 4:06:50 PM PST by davidosborne (www.davidosborne.net)
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Hatch - "...efforts to subvert the President's Constitutional authority."
343 posted on 11/12/2003 4:07:02 PM PST by primeval patriot (Sixty quid and eight guineas for the fruitbat.)
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To: davidosborne
* Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) "Let's bring their nominations up, debate them if necessary, and vote them up or down." (Cong. Rec., 9/11/97, S9165)
344 posted on 11/12/2003 4:07:42 PM PST by davidosborne (www.davidosborne.net)
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To: Howlin
How come the Senate is even going through with this? In 30 hours the results are going to be the same. Why don't they just put the Frist, Miller bill up for a vote now?
345 posted on 11/12/2003 4:07:53 PM PST by luv2ndamend
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To: davidosborne
When is Hellery the Icky going to spew??
I wanna see her...

This ain't no flipiluster...where's Jimmy Stewart when ya need him??

GRRRRRR
346 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:11 PM PST by GRRRRR (If the GOP could just send in the Marines against the Demokrats now....)
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To: Howlin
So did I miss anything good?

I was eating dinner at a friends house and was C-SPAN deprived.

Have any of the Dem Quotes (posted in the other thread) be mentioned on the Senate floor yet?
347 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:11 PM PST by OXENinFLA (Lack Of Orders Is No Excuse For Inaction ------ Patton)
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To: Howlin
even though he goes off on a wild hair once in a while...

Like when he wanted to remotely detonate computers with illegal MP3 files!
348 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:14 PM PST by At _War_With_Liberals (Rodney King is the favorite philosopher of Senate Republicans.)
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To: primeval patriot
Hey, there's a handy turn of phrase..."efforts to subvert the President's Constitutional Authority."

Sounds almost seditious, doesn't it?

349 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:35 PM PST by Miss Marple
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To: Howlin
I like Hatch, also. There are times, however, when I've wanted to knock that melon of his right off his shoulders.
350 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:37 PM PST by onyx
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To: luv2ndamend
Why don't they just put the Frist, Miller bill up for a vote now?

What is that?

351 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:43 PM PST by Petronski (Living life in a minor key.)
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To: At _War_With_Liberals
Well, there was that............what were they thinking? LOL.
352 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:52 PM PST by Howlin
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To: luv2ndamend
It's so the sheeple will understand what is going on.... not everyone is a freeper.....yet
353 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:58 PM PST by davidosborne (www.davidosborne.net)
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To: davidosborne
PROMINENT INFAMOUS DEMOCRAT SENATORS...
354 posted on 11/12/2003 4:08:59 PM PST by Consort
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To: Howlin
But NOBODY can pitch a fit like he can!


You must be from the South...... Only southerners know that you 'pitch a fit' and 'have a coniption'
355 posted on 11/12/2003 4:09:08 PM PST by deport
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To: OXENinFLA
No; so far we've heard from Mr. Byrd ad nauseum and Harry Bird asking a lot of questions about what is going on procedurally.

Now Hatch is giving it to them chapter and verse.
356 posted on 11/12/2003 4:09:52 PM PST by Howlin
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
CALL YOUR SENATOR NOW!!! TOLL-FREE!

1-800-648-3516


357 posted on 11/12/2003 4:10:02 PM PST by Capitalism2003
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To: Consort
thanks for clearing that up
358 posted on 11/12/2003 4:10:03 PM PST by davidosborne (www.davidosborne.net)
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To: Saundra Duffy
What a horrible excuse for a human being, let alone a U. S. Senator
359 posted on 11/12/2003 4:10:35 PM PST by Two Thirds Vote Aye
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To: CyberCowboy777
Who's hacking this poll? This was how it was when I voted about 3 hours ago.

Should the President's nominees to the federal bench be allowed an up or down vote on confirmation as specified in the Constitution?

Yes: 45%

No: 55%

8039 total votes

360 posted on 11/12/2003 4:10:36 PM PST by GrandmaPatriot
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