Posted on 05/23/2005 8:14:11 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
Senate Debate on Nominations Today the Senate resumes debate on the nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. The Senate will conduct its first roll call vote of the week at 5:30pm. Follow the C-SPAN networks & C-SPAN Radio for the debate on Senate rules & judicial nominations. MON., 11:30AM ET, C-SPAN2
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ORDERS FOR MONDAY, MAY 23, 2005 -- (Senate - May 20, 2005)
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Mr. CORNYN. I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it stand in adjournment until 11:30 a.m. on Monday, May 23. I further ask that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the time for the two leaders be reserved, and that the Senate then return to executive session and resume consideration of the nomination of Priscilla Owen to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, provided that the time from 12 noon until 1 p.m. be under the control of the majority leader or his designee and, at 1 p.m., the Democratic leader or his designee be recognized; provided that floor time then rotate between the two leaders or their designees every 60 minutes until 4 p.m., at which time the majority leader or his designee be recognized until 4:45 p.m., to be followed by the Democrat leader or his designee from 4:45 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.
The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
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PROGRAM -- (Senate - May 20, 2005)
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Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, on Monday, the Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of Priscilla Owen to serve as a circuit judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Monday will be the fourth consecutive day the Senate considers the Owen nomination.
Over the past 3 days, a number of Members, on both sides of the aisle, have come to the floor to speak on the nomination. We have conducted over 25 hours of debate, and we will continue on Monday. Moments ago, we filed a cloture motion on the nomination, and that will ripen on Tuesday of next week.
On behalf of the majority leader, I remind my colleagues the leader has announced our next rollcall vote will occur Monday afternoon at 5:30. That vote will be on a motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request Senators' attendance. Senator Frist will have more to say about next week's session on Monday.
Nobody can top Ted Kennedy and John Kerry.
"Mine are Boxer and Feinstein....yikes...."
I share your pain!!!!
FWIW, Rush found him pretty entertaining.
Ahh, Classy Kay!
Never mind Senator Hutchison for the recoed!
MamaLucci - Senator Bennett is a class act...........I'm jealous! (My state's senator's are DICK Durbin and Osama Obama, lol!)
And he certainly doesn't leave any doubt on supporting the 'Constitutional Option' if necessary.
Sen . Hutchison from Texas is up!
How about Voinovich and DeWine? For states with two Republican Senators, we're right up there ... maybe not even with Maine, but in states that actually voted for GWB, we might take the cake.
LOL, true, that's even worse than DiFi & Boxer-Dog
Thorazine and Laughenburg here
And if I'm not mistaken, Ohio's Gov. is a big time RINO, correct?
Yes, it does. That's why I adopted Thune and Coleman as my Senators.
Got you beat...
Kennedy and Kerry...
Bennett addressed that, Hutchison is further addressing that.
"How about Voinovich and DeWine? For states with two Republican Senators,"
Gotta give you that.....at least ours don't pretend to be Republicans!!
I realize I made an "out of the box" prediction. But I credit President Bush with being a bold guy, full of surprises, and I think he would delight in this kind of move.
There's precedent for saying a sitting senator can't win the presidency, but Supreme Court Justice?
I'd love to adopt Thune! But we've been through that...! lol
Box-O-Rox looks like she tried to use a fork to remove her toast without first unplugging the toaster. She should try Johnson's "No More Tangles" -- she certainly sounds like a child when she speaks.
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