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LIVE THREAD Senate Debate on Nomination of Samuel A. Alito
C-Span2 ^ | Jan 26, 2006

Posted on 01/26/2006 6:51:27 AM PST by katieanna

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To: Dog

ROFL.

Okay, after I mark down Frist's political skills, he counters with a good move. Well done in asking Specter to deal with it Frist.


741 posted on 01/26/2006 12:19:40 PM PST by Soul Seeker (Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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I think Byrd threw the Alito support over the top. Reid knew he didn't have a leg to stand on if the most experienced, and distinguished member was for Alito.


743 posted on 01/26/2006 12:20:50 PM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

btt


744 posted on 01/26/2006 12:22:12 PM PST by Sacajaweau (God Bless Our Troops!!)
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To: Cboldt

How can that be? Can not Senators vote by proxy?


745 posted on 01/26/2006 12:22:20 PM PST by katieanna (There is a point to life and it's not the decimal.)
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Why are they over seas??? They knew WELL IN ADVANCE about this debate Sounds like they are pulling the same stunt the Texas Dems did

Yes, it does. Specter says we've got other important business to attend to, and it's all been said about Alito, so let's get on with it. Reid is saying the Dems have more speakers---tomorrow---and he doesn't want to be pinned down.
This is a stall maneuver, not even a pretense of being otherwise.

746 posted on 01/26/2006 12:22:48 PM PST by Graymatter
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To: Lizarde

"crying about Senators abroad"

That would be the filibustering Senator Kerry, who supposedly is in Switzerland. Perhaps Terrezza is buying the country.


747 posted on 01/26/2006 12:22:52 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: katieanna

Biden was allowed to vote by proxy on his committee vote.


748 posted on 01/26/2006 12:22:52 PM PST by A Citizen Reporter
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To: Lizarde

LOL


749 posted on 01/26/2006 12:23:53 PM PST by Txsleuth
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To: A Citizen Reporter

They can't vote by proxy on the Senate floor. They have to be there in person.


750 posted on 01/26/2006 12:23:57 PM PST by Otho
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To: A Citizen Reporter

Exactly! Do these Senators now work for people other than their constituents? Will Biden's state benefit from him attending the Palestinian/Terror elections?
These Senators are not diplomats and they should damn well know this.


751 posted on 01/26/2006 12:24:28 PM PST by JerseyDvl ("Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"-Samuel Johnson to the Dems of today.)
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To: nina0113

Looks like 54 in favor.


752 posted on 01/26/2006 12:24:35 PM PST by Graymatter
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To: cotton1706
Byrd kicked Dingy Harry right in the B*lls, he doesn't have the strength to vote, or to fight back at this time...lol
753 posted on 01/26/2006 12:24:53 PM PST by Beagle8U (An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
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To: Cboldt
Reid is apparently waiting for John "Did you know I served in Vietnam?" Kerry to ride to the rescue with his filibuster. I think Judge Alito and the missus can go ahead and pop the cork on that champagne bottle now! :-)
756 posted on 01/26/2006 12:25:57 PM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX)
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To: Graymatter

This gentleman from NC, Mr. Burr, is a class act!


757 posted on 01/26/2006 12:26:07 PM PST by joyspring777
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To: katieanna
How can that be? Can not Senators vote by proxy?

No, they cannot. Biden's vote yestterday was under Judiciary Committee Rules, not Senate Rules.

758 posted on 01/26/2006 12:26:32 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: Graymatter
This is a stall maneuver, not even a pretense of being otherwise.

What's he hoping for? A not-entirely-accidental car wreck?

759 posted on 01/26/2006 12:27:56 PM PST by nina0113 (We got permits, yes we DO! We got permits, how 'bout YOU?)
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To: hoosiermama

So call for a quorum and then vote!....Don't we have enough to get one?



Well in most other venues you may could but in the Senate their rules don't allow for much to happen without 'unamimous consent'.


760 posted on 01/26/2006 12:27:56 PM PST by deport
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