Live Filibuster Thread Tuesday

CSPAN ^ | May 24, 2005 | AliVeritas

[AliVeritas]

FReepers be prepared for surprises today.

[defconw]

Kennedy aye?

[MamaLucci]

Thanks. This is all a bit anti-climactic.......I'm still pi$$ed off.

[mhking]

Cantwell - NO.

[maggief]

Cantwell no

[Sacajaweau]

Warned you that the Blue Bunny flip flopping would be nothing compared to what Hillary would be doing in the days ahead.

[AliVeritas]

Indeed

[Maigrey]

Demint... Aye
Kennedy... Aye
Crepeau... aye
Burns... aye
Coleman... Aye
Johnson...aye
Cantwell... no
Martinez... aye

[steveegg]

Not as shocking as...

Swimmer...Aye.

[cyncooper]

Reed of RI was a no, too.

Cantwell just voted no.

But overwhelming dem rats jumped off the filibuster boat.

Durbin-aye

[Maigrey]

Durbin... Aye
PRyor... aye

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To show comity, which someone forgot to tell Jeffords who voted nay. It's a facade; a total waste of time but that's what we've grown to expect.

Lately, politics does nothing but raise my blood pressure.

Jeffords, what a jerk.

[NeoCaveman]

Cantwell - NO.

Someone good please run against this silly woman in '06

[defconw]

Dubin Aye
Allen Aye
Widden Aye
Milkulski Aye
Snaowe Aye
Vitter Aye
Rockefeller Aye

[El Gato]

Why vote on cloture instead of just voting on the nominee?

Because cloture is the question on the table, left over from last night. They could have done it by unanimous consent, but they do need a vote of some sort to be able to move on to the vote to confirm.

[steveegg]

There seems to be a putsch in the 'RAT ranks. That may (or more likely may not) be the only good thing about this.

[You Dirty Rats]

Have Kerry and Box-O-Rox voted yet?

[Cboldt]

Why would a Myers or Bolton cloture violate the MOU? Bolton isn't up for judge so that's outisde the agreement. RATs declare Myers extreme and they are in compliance with MOU.

Frist says all nominees get an up or down vote. The MOU means squat. If it comes to a cloture vote, either it passes and they get to the nominee, or Frist gets out the Constitutional Nuclear Byrd option.

Bolton and District court judges aren't part of the deal, because the DEMs haven't obstructed taking votes on them. If they do, well, we'll see what the GOP does.

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This is a vote to agree to stop debating and vote on Owens. At this point I don't see any dem voting no.

Thank you. It's like a differnt world between last night and today.

[Mo1]

That one is interesting too

[corbe]

Kerry will probably be last to vote-NO