LIVE SENATE THREAD: C-Span 2 9:30am EST "The Confirmation vote for Priscilla Owen"

C-Span 2

[ken5050]

Good morning all. Senate convenes at 9:30 am this morning, to vote on the nomination of Priscilla Owen. I've started the thread early, as I have to leave for a few hours, but also to give us a place to start commenting early on the events of yesterday....

[steveegg]

Osama Obama - no

Snowe Job - aye

[Maigrey]

Bayeh No

Obama No
Snowe Aye

[Cboldt]

... in his vote in 1976 to change the filibuster rule for cloture (the time-honored tradition of 200 years) from 67 to 60. The rule change was made by majority vote (56 "ayes").

In 1975, Senator Pearson introduced a proposal to change the threshold to 3/5ths of Senators present and voting. (p257). That proposal did not pass. In the same year, Senator Byrd's proposed revision to 3/5ths of all Senators passed on a 56-27 vote. (p259).

http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Gold_Gupta_JLPP_article.pdf

Looks like a 2/3rds supermajority to me, not a simple majority as you asserted.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Bayh No

Obama NO

SNOW AYE go Maine

[Maigrey]

Blanche Lincoln No

[mhking]

Lincoln - NO

[Don'tMessWithTexas]

Nelson of Nebraska? Snowe, aye

[steveegg]

I'm getting closer; only 1 second behind now :-)

[cyncooper]

I'm not following your evident surprise over these votes.

Kennedy was always a definite no and McCain always said he'd support the president's nominees.

[cookcounty]

Landrieu: Maybe she'll get on the Ben Nighthorse Hog!

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[Trust but Verify]

The two Maine morons managed to get with the program and vote Aye.

[Miss Marple]

Well, another weirdo Senate rule brought to us by the ever-diligent Cboldt! Thanks (I think).

So, the Senate has institutionalized do-overs?

[mhking]

I'm getting closer; only 1 second behind now :-)

LOL

[AliVeritas]

Don't be alarmed...we are Roveans. Psychic and Republican...a dems worse nightmare.

[Qwinn]

Obama - No.

Snowe - Aye.

So is Chafee the only RINO defector so far?

Qwinn

[Unknown Freeper]

Only congress has the scoreboard...there is none for the sinate. (sic)

We assume you mean only the House. The Senate is part of Congess.

[ConservativeMan55]

Boxer- No

Stavenow- Now

[Coop]

Would YOU want to be confused for that other Tub-O-Lard?

Speak for yourself. I think Babs is hot with a capital H!

[Maigrey]

Boxer No

Stabenow No