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Good drama between Specter and Durbin, regarding the "secret list," that Durbin wants to put in the Congressional REcord, but Specter does not. Specter is offering to hand the list to Durbin so Durbin can review it. Durbin asks "Can I put it in the Congressional Record?" LOL.

Ensign up taking about the budget point of order. It is his point of order, and he admits that it is "technical." I don't have a good feel for how this point of order will go. The major opposition comes from the usual suspects, Durbin, Reid, Boxer, Kennedy ... which if limited to the moonbat wing, isn't enough to deny getting 60 votes to waive.

389 posted on 02/14/2006 2:24:01 PM PST by Cboldt
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Ensign's illustrations of the disaster that lawyers have created in this country are just sickening me, as they have in fact for the last 20 years. I also have no doubt that he is right when he says that, when this thing goes bust, congress will feel compelled to "fix" the mess they have created, and fix it with taxpayer money.


390 posted on 02/14/2006 2:30:05 PM PST by Bahbah (An admitted Snow Flake and a member of Sam's Club)
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Ensign brings up the point that the Constitution says ALL bills that raise revenue (create taxes) shall originate in the House. If a bill that raises revenue originates in the Senate, a member of the House can "blue slip" the bill and kill it.


391 posted on 02/14/2006 2:34:44 PM PST by Cboldt
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