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.
Only 25 mins. left
25 more minutes of this! Says he will 'hurry' because Biden is ready to speak. Sheesh.
OMG, the one presiding over the Senate-priceless look on his face at Byrd.
Goodie, he has 25 more minutes!
Oh he's gonna hurry now, Schmoe Biden wants to speak!
He has 25 more minutes
I am for
I beg
I beg
I beg you please...........
I beg you please...........
What is happened?
What is happened Mr president
Such magnitude.... such magnitude...
I beg the senate
I beg... I beg...
... How much more time do I have? (LOL!!)
This guy is a "Wrapper" (or whatever you call them).
"I didn't say that he was previously against the nuclear option, though I have no doubt that he would do anything possible to avoid it. Majority leaders such as Lyndon Johnson and Robert Byrd would not have been so reluctant."
You're right.
By the way - did you notice what the party makeup of the Senate was during those years?
Frist does not have nearly the solid support that those two had. For your information, since you can't figure it out yourself, that makes a wee bit of a difference.
ROFLMAO!!!!!
BIDEN up next...........
Now he's gonna hurry...
The Dems may be declining politically, but over the past century they have put in place bureaucracies that will continue to trample on our rights and seek to control all aspects of our lives. The parasite class of regulators and petty government workers will continue to harass us. The bigger battle will be destroying the socialism they fostered upon us and restoring this nation once again as a Republic. It is a battle that will need to be undertaken and will take a class of leaders with the will to fire large numbers of government employees. It may take another 50 years, but it will be worth it..
They can show up, and withhold the vote. The makeup of the Senate judiciary Committee is 10 GOP, 8 DEM.
http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm
In order to move to the vote, one of the minority must agree.
IV. BRINGING A MATTER TO A VOTE
The Chairman shall entertain a non-debatable motion to bring a matter before the Committee to a vote. If there is objection to bring the matter to a vote without further debate, a rollcall vote of the Committee shall be taken, and debate shall be terminated if the motion to bring the matter to a vote without further debate passes with ten votes in the affirmative, one of which must be cast by the minority.
Step away from the abyss!
Did he find another Neil Kinnock speech?
Yes, it's the 'pay no attention to crazy Uncle Harry' look!
I thought he was gonna say "STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVEEEEE"
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