Posted on 06/21/2002 9:01:16 PM PDT by Skeet
Onsite Report: Rally to Free President Bushs Judicial Nominees
Upper Senate Park, Washington, DC (Thursday, 20 June 2002)
No Conservatives Need Apply. As the Big Hillbilly Bluegrass Band played in the sweltering noon sun, the leaders of some of Americas largest conservative organizations, as well as over 100 supporters gathered in the Upper Senate Park in an attempt to transfer some heat to Senators Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for their continued efforts to derail President Bushs judicial nominees. Sponsored by the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, this rally marked day 406 since President Bush announced his first judicial nominees. Of those eleven nominees, only three (two of which are registered Democrats) have received full Senate votes.
At approximately 12:15, Radio talk show host and event emcee, Laura Ingraham stepped to the microphone and opened with a brief story of hypocrisy. It appears that when the Republicans controlled the Senate, Senator Leahy was on record as saying that within 60 days every nominee should have a vote. (If this is truly his position) Why in the last two months have we had no Federal Circuit Court nominees considered by the Judiciary Committee? asked Ingraham. Not one has been passed through the committee for a full vote on the Senate floor. The light of honesty and truth has got to shine on this process.
Ingraham, who has been invited to speak at the First Annual Free Republic Conference, began the event with former Attorney General Edwin Meese who declared that this judiciary crisis is an unprecedented situation in American history and one of the most important causes facing our country today.
Weve never had a situation like this where we have had so many judicial nominees held up for such a long period of time. Today, under the current leadership of the Senate and under the leadership of the senate judiciary committee, the conduct would be more appropriate to some banana republic, where individual fiat determines who is to judge or who is receiving an appointment rather than the constitutional method which has been prescribed and which has been followed now for over 200 years.
Meese affirmed that the main reason behind this judicial crisis is that the current leadership of the Senate and the Judiciary committee are beholding to and being run by a group of leftwing extremists. These extremists have tried to impose upon the people of these United States their ideas through the legislative process and have been rebuffed, because people dont want their ideas. And now they are trying to get liberal judges appointed to the bench and if they cant get liberal judges, no judges appointed to the bench, in order that they can achieve through litigation what they cant get through legislation by the peoples representatives. And that is really at the bottom of what we are talking about today.
Meese feared that these tactics practiced by the Democrats would ultimately cost us our independent judiciary. Said Meese, We must end the subservience to leftwing extremist organizations and get back to constitutional governing in all three branches of government.
As the program continued, Sandy Rios, President of Concerned Women for America recognized that, The American people, as we know, simply do not support the far left political agenda. And the far left needs activist political judges to impose it. President Bush has pledged to appoint judges who will simply follow the law and leave running the country and defining the culture to We the people. The choice is not about how judges will run the country the choice is about whether we the people or they the judges will run the country. Defending our freedom requires fighting for the kind of judges President Bush has been nominating. We call on Senate Republicans to find their courage and tell the American people the truth about this confirmation crisis and fight for the judges who will support our freedoms.
There was a broad coalition participating in this fight. Rich Tafel, Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans, agreed that people should be judged on their merit and that the only reason these judges are being discriminated against is because President Bush nominated them. Discrimination in the name of civil rights makes no sense, offered Tafel. Misusing the words extremist and bigot against good people is going to have a corrosive and detrimental effect on our society for years to come. Because very good people are not going to want to run for political office; they are not going to want to run and serve as judges. We call upon the Senate Democrats to stop the smear campaign and speak the truth about these judges.
Ken Connor, President of the Family Research Council stated that, Senators Daschle and Leahy have shown the will and resolve to continue holding the Constitution hostage for as long as they are able to get away with it. Our job is to make darn sure that they dont get away with it any longer. As President Reagan once said its not always necessary that the congress see that light as long as they feel the heat. He urged all of us to turn the heat up on the Senate Judiciary committee so we that we can restore and regain our right of constitutional self government.
Trueblackman, Government & Political Affairs Director for the African American Republican Leadership Council got the crowd going with his remarks. Acknowledging that these judges are not being considered because they are outside the mainstream, TBM wondered when did Senators Daschle, Leahy, Clinton, and Kennedy join the mainstream? They want to talk about racial profiling, well What about nomination profiling? That is what is going on inside the Senate today. The message they are sending to nominees like Miguel Estrada is that you can come here and you can work your way up to the top but if you happen to be prolife or you happen to be conservative, forget it kid. This is nomination and racial profiling at its worse. Maybe John Ashcroft should be sending some agents up here to Capitol Hill.
Other Released Statements:
James Martin, President, 60 Plus Association wrote, President George Bush has performed a remarkable job in nominating 100 individuals to serve on these courts. These individuals have received either qualified or well-qualified ratings from the American Bar Association, the gold standard for nominees according to the Democrats.
And yet these nominations languish. And why? Because the Democratic leadership in the Senate is applying a litmus test checking with liberal special interest groups for approval and putting these nominees through difficult hurdles. While no one gets 100 per cent of judges confirmed promptly, 88% of Clintons judges were confirmed in his first year compared to a miniscule 20% of Bushs in his first year. This is politics at its worst. It is hurting the American People.
Robert Fike, Federal Affairs Manager, Americans for Tax Reform submitted, one of the reasons we establish governments in the first place is to create and maintain an orderly system for the fair resolution of disputes. But without enough qualified judges to handle the caseload, the system cannot function adequately.
The Senate is not satisfying its constitutional responsibility to maintain the nations judicial system. Deliberately leaving more than one out of every ten seats on the federal bench unoccupied is dereliction of duty. Doing so as a political maneuver during an election year while masquerading behind principle is nothing short of galling. We may very well need a new Senate more than we need new judges.
Amen to that.
BANANA REPUBLIC BUMP!
Thankyou good and faithful FREEPERS for standing in for all of us! Our deepest thanks. God bless you!
This is how we get it done
Every chance we get....show 'em how far off they are(our reps)..if they don't get get it....FReep 'em.........Freep 'em good!
TEXAS BUMP
Here is a copy of an email I got recently about the 50 bills that are stalled with Daschle.
Right now there are 50 important bills that have already passed the House of Representatives, but are slowly dying on Senator Tom Daschle's desk -- including:
--Faith-based solutions to welfare (10 months)
--Ban all human cloning (9 months)
--Oil embargo protection bill (14 months)
--Make our tax cuts permanent (2 months)
You took a stand with me to Keep The Tax Cuts. Now, I need your help to send Tom Daschle a message that it's time to take action on these bills.
Click below to sign a DEMAND LETTER that will be delivered to the Majority Leader's office:
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The fact is, Sen. Daschle is doing everything in his power to block critical legislation that most certainly would benefit the American people!
Click below for a complete list of the "Daschle 50": Click here
To make matters worse, these bills will die on Sen. Daschle's desk if they do not come up for a vote in this session of Congress!
This is political posturing at its worst. That's why I have joined together with other members of Congress to launch a nationwide petition demanding that the liberal Senate leadership free the dozens of bills that are being held up for vote.
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My plan is to rally 100,000 signed Demand Letters in the next 45 days and to personally put them on the desk of Sen. Daschle!
But we must hurry. Without your support, these bills will perish, and all the work that we have done to strengthen our families and protect our nation will be wasted.
That's why I'm counting on the overwhelming support of the American people to lead the way to victory!
Thank you for your help!
BILL | TITLE | DATE OF VOTE | SUMMARY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 503 | Unborn Victims of Violence Act | 4/26/01 | To protect unborn children from assault and murder, and for other purposes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2175 | Born-Alive Infants Protection Act | 3/12/02 | To protect infants who are born alive. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 7 | Community Solutions Act of 2001 | 7/19/01 | Provisions to encourage charitable giving through: (1) expanded tax deductions; (2) expanding charitable choice to allow religious organizations to apply for federal funds; (3) encouraging low-income individuals to save for their first home, a college education, or small business. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3210 | Terrorism Risk Protection Act | 11/20/01 | In the event of a terrorist attack, the Secretary of the Treasury will determine when losses from one or more acts of terrorism result in insurance claims industry wide of over $1 billion and up to $20 billion during the coverage period of the measure. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3005 | Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2001 | 12/6/01 | Gives the Administration the authority to negotiate and bring back trade agreements to Congress that will eliminate and reduce trade barriers relating to manufacturing, services, agriculture, intellectual property, investment, e-commerce, transparency, and regulatory practices. The bill supports reducing or eliminating subsidies that decrease market opportunities for U.S. agriculture or unfairly distort markets to the detriment of the United States. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3529 | Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act of 2001 | 12/19/01 | To provide tax incentives for economic recovery and assistance to displaced workers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 1900 | Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act | 9/20/01 | Creates new requirements for ensuring that public child welfare records relating to a juvenile are made available to the juvenile court. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2505 | Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001 | 7/31/01 | Ban on human cloning by prohibiting the use of somatic cell nuclear transfer techniques to create human embryos. This act bans both "therapeutic" (research) and reproductive cloning. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3762 | Pension Security Act | 4/11/02 | New protections and options for workers to help them preserve and enhance their retirement savings and restore worker confidence in the nations pension system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.Con. | Res 353 | FY 2003 Budget Resolution | 3/21/02 | Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2003 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2007. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 586 | Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2002 | 4/18/02 | To amend the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the tax reductions, protect taxpayers and ensure accountability of the Internal Revenue Service. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 496 | Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001 | 3/21/01 | Reduces the regulatory burden imposed upon two percent telecommunications carriers (companies having less than two percent of the nations telecommunications subscriber lines) so that they may more effectively respond to competition in rural and less-densely populated areas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 624 | Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2001 | 3/7/01 | Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to carry out a program to educate the public with respect to organ donation, in particular, the need for additional organs for transplantation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 1992 | Internet Equity and Education Act of 2001 | 10/10/01 | Expands access to higher education to all Americans regardless of their distance from a college or university. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 724 | To authorize appropriations to carry out part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act | 3/6/01 | Makes two technical corrections to last sessions reauthorization of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2983 | Price-Anderson Reauthorization Act of 2001 | 11/27/01 | Makes several changes to laws governing nuclear facilities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 476 | The Child Custody Protection Act | 4/16/02 | Makes it a Federal offense to knowingly transport a minor across a State line, with the intent that she obtain an abortion, in circumvention of a State's parental consent or parental notification law. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2146 | Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act | 3/14/02 | Imposes a penalty of life in prison for persons convicted twice for sex crimes towards children that occur on Federal property. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 1542 Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001 | 2/27/02 | As reported from the Energy and Commerce Committee, deregulates high speed data and Internet access services by ending the application of legacy telephone regulations to broadband services. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3160 | Bioterrorism Enforcement Act of 2001 | 12/20/01 | To amend the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 with respect to the responsibilities of the Secretary of Health and Human Services regarding biological agents and toxins, and to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to such agents and toxins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 974 | Small Business Interest Checking Act of 2001 | 4/3/01 | To repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits, to increase the number of interaccount transfers which may be made from business accounts at depository institutions, to authorize the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to pay interest on reserves, and for other purposes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 1408 | Financial Services Antifraud Network Act of 2001 | 11/6/01 | To safeguard the public from fraud in the financial services industry, to streamline and facilitate the antifraud information-sharing efforts of Federal and State regulators, and for other purposes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2589 | Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring Extension Act of 2001 | 9/24/01 | Extends the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring through October 1, 2004. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3060 | Emergency Securities Response Act of 2001 | 11/13/01 | Extends the time frame under the Securities and Exchange Commission's statutory emergency authority to 30 business days. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2052 | Sudan Peace Act (House has named conferees/Senate has not.) | 6/13/01 | Condemns human rights abuses in Sudan, encourages the peace process, condemns the use of food as a weapon, and encourages support for viable civil authorities and institutions in non-government controlled areas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2272 | Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2001 | 10/16/01 | Helps to protect the world's dwindling coral reefs through debt-for-nature swaps, debt buy backs, and debt restructuring instruments. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2833 | Vietnam Human Rights Act | 9/6/01 | Promotes the development of freedom and democracy in Viet Nam. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2541 | To enhance the authorities of special agents. | 11/13/01 | Enhances the authority of Special Agents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 741 | Madrid Protocol Implementation Act | 3/14/01 | The purpose of the Madrid Protocol is to develop a low-cost international system for registering trademarks, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 860 | Multidistrict | 3/14/01 | Amends the federal judicial code to remove impediments to consolidating certain lawsuits within the federal court system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 863 | Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act | 10/16/01 | Authorizes $1.5 billion over three years for the Department of Justice to make grants to states and local governments to strengthen their juvenile justice systems. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 1209 | Child Status Protection Act of 2001 | 6/6/01 | Modifies the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that determine whether an alien is considered a child and eligible for permanent residence status as an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2047 | Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 2002 | 11/6/01 | Authorizes the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to retain all of the user fee revenue it collects in FY 2002 for agency operations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3507 | Coast Guard Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 | 12/19/01 | Authorizes $5.9 billion for Coast Guard programs and activities in FY 2002. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2501 | Appalachian Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2001 | 8/3/01 | To reauthorize the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2546 | Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of 2001 | 11/13/01 | Amends an existing federal transportation law. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 554 | Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2001 | 2/14/01 | Assistance to families involved in rail accidents. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 691 | Extension of Child Passenger Protection Grants | 6/27/01 | Provide incentives for states to implement child safety laws. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3391 | Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2001 | 12/20/01 | To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility under the Medicare Program | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3009 | Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act | 11/16/01 | Extends and expands the Andean Trade Preference Act | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3008 | Trade Adjustment Assistance Reauthorization Act | 12/6/01 | Reauthorizes for two years the three trade adjustment assistance programs: TAA for workers, TAA for firms, and NAFTA-TAA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2722 | Clean Diamond Trade Act | 11/27/01 | Ban all rough diamonds coming from any country that has not implemented effective control measures against conflict diamonds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 1866 | To clarify the basis for granting requests for reexamination of patents. | 9/5/01 | Protects existing patents | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 642 | Chesapeake Bay Office Reauthorization Act | 4/3/01 | Reauthorizes the Chesapeake Bay Office until September 30, 2006, and the development of small grants program. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 834 - National Trails System Willing Seller Act | 3/13/01 | Clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3394 - Cyber Security Research and Development Act | 2/7/02 | Programs promoting innovative research in cybersecurity. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3209 | Anti-Hoax Terrorism | 12/11/01 | Makes it a felony to perpetrate a hoax related to biological, chemical, and nuclear, attacks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2341 | Class Action Fairness Act of 2002 | 3/13/02 | The measure establishes a Class Action Bill of Rights to prevent abuses in the class action system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3763 | Corporate and Auditing Accountability | 4/24/02 | Protects investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant to the securities laws. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 3231 | Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002 | 4/25/02 | Breaks the INS into two organizations that concentrate on different missions - administering immigration benefits and enforcing immigration laws. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 4700 | Personal Responsibility | 5/15/02 | Reauthorizes and improves the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), improves access to quality child care, and for other purposes. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 4546 | National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2003 | 5/9/02 | The measure emphasizes programs that will make America a safer place by improving our defenses against terrorists, rogue nations, and chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
H.R. | 2899 | Freedom Bonds Act | To authorize the Secretary of Treasury" to issue Freedom Bonds in response to 9-11. Put on his desk 10/24/01. |
Remember Terry McAullife made $18 MILLION just from one sweetheart
insider deal based on FCC info! Slimy democrats know exactly WHERE to go
to line their pockets!
Dashole just wants to line his friends pockets.
And just like the Clinton/McAullife deal, there is probably some way to
funnel some of those millions back to the Dashole family budget.
For example, what if the former Miss Kansas (now Washington Lobbyist Linda
Dashle) chose to change her lobbying from the FAA to FCC.
She would be guaranteed millions per year and Dashole's friend would be her ticket to riches!!!
What about all the corrupt FCC lobbyists in the past that got rich under Clinton?
They will ALL keep getting rich under Dashole's friend!
Republicans, please find some guts, and PLEASE PERMANENTLY KILL THAT DASHOLE NOMINEE'S CONSIDERATION!
Ditto!!
The Dasshole obstructionists are digging themselves a big hole. Hopefully they will be unable to extract themselves come the midterms.
If the Repubs can retake control of the senate and hold the house, then the dassholes will become moot.
Regards,
EV
I'm sure many Freepers would pledge their financial support to the effort.
A-MEN!
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