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LIVE SENATE THREAD: C-Span 2 9:30am EST "The Confirmation vote for Priscilla Owen"
C-Span 2
Posted on 05/25/2005 4:04:22 AM PDT by 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....
TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 109th; judicialnominees; priscillaowens; ussenate
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To: Maigrey
Osama Obama - no
Snowe Job - aye
781
posted on
05/25/2005 9:19:40 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(Will the "extraordinary" line have the name Owen, Brown or Pryor attached to it?)
To: RobFromGa
Bayeh No
Obama No
Snowe Aye
782
posted on
05/25/2005 9:19:41 AM PDT
by
Maigrey
(Don't make me call the Emperor on you!)
To: cookcounty
... 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.
783
posted on
05/25/2005 9:19:49 AM PDT
by
Cboldt
To: steveegg
Bayh No
Obama NO
SNOW AYE go Maine
To: RobFromGa
785
posted on
05/25/2005 9:19:54 AM PDT
by
Maigrey
(Don't make me call the Emperor on you!)
To: steveegg
786
posted on
05/25/2005 9:19:54 AM PDT
by
mhking
("I've got a bad feeling about this...")
To: Maigrey
Nelson of Nebraska? Snowe, aye
To: mhking
I'm getting closer; only 1 second behind now :-)
788
posted on
05/25/2005 9:20:04 AM PDT
by
steveegg
(Will the "extraordinary" line have the name Owen, Brown or Pryor attached to it?)
To: ConservativeMan55
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.
To: NautiNurse
Landrieu: Maybe she'll get on the Ben Nighthorse Hog!
790
posted on
05/25/2005 9:20:21 AM PDT
by
cookcounty
("We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts" ---Abe Lincoln, 1858.)
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To: mhking
The two Maine morons managed to get with the program and vote Aye.
To: Cboldt
Well, another weirdo Senate rule brought to us by the ever-diligent Cboldt! Thanks (I think).
So, the Senate has institutionalized do-overs?
To: steveegg
I'm getting closer; only 1 second behind now :-)LOL
794
posted on
05/25/2005 9:20:28 AM PDT
by
mhking
("I've got a bad feeling about this...")
To: SandyInSeattle
Don't be alarmed...we are Roveans. Psychic and Republican...a dems worse nightmare.
795
posted on
05/25/2005 9:20:31 AM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
To: All
Obama - No.
Snowe - Aye.
So is Chafee the only RINO defector so far?
Qwinn
796
posted on
05/25/2005 9:20:32 AM PDT
by
Qwinn
To: OldFriend
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.
To: Cboldt
798
posted on
05/25/2005 9:20:54 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMan55
(DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
To: Trust but Verify
Would YOU want to be confused for that other Tub-O-Lard? Speak for yourself. I think Babs is hot with a capital H!
799
posted on
05/25/2005 9:20:58 AM PDT
by
Coop
(In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
To: NautiNurse
800
posted on
05/25/2005 9:21:00 AM PDT
by
Maigrey
(Don't make me call the Emperor on you!)
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