EVERYONE SHOULD BE WATCHING C-SPAN2

C-SPAN2 ^ | January 14, 2003 | THE BELOVED DEB

[Deb]

The Democrats are in the process of shutting down the Senate to stop the GOP from chairing Senate hearings.

This is going to be two years of total war. Let's see if the media notices!

[clintonh8r]

I'm at work What's going on?

[The Wizard]

senator nobrains is showing just how rotten demonrats are

[The Wizard]

the demonrats are trying to over turn the election

[dirtboy]

The Democrats are in the process of shutting down the Senate to stop the GOP from chairing Senate hearings.

They using procedural rules or a filibuster? Either way, denying the majority party committee chairmanship has to be a new low in Senate partisanship...

[mhking]

How's about a more descriptive title?

What exactly are the 'rats doing?

[rockinonritalin]

Senator Sarbanes speaking - He has a problem with allocation of committee resources (i.e. staffing) for the Democrats.

[ewing]

On the Judicial nominees?

[Enterprise]

I wonder if we have reached the point where our Government can no longer function. I blame the RATS though, and perhaps it was destined to end this way.

[Frank_Discussion]

How can they achieve such a thing? I thought that the majority party set up the committees, and that's that.

This is the second thread I've seen regarding this, and I'm profoundly confused.

[rockinonritalin]

Democrats are talking about filibustering the committee organization resolution.

Sen. Nickles - Committees will be held whole... Money for the Dems on banking committee (Sarbanes' committee) will be the same as last year.

[Samurai_Jack]

Obstructionism... They are begging for a 50 50 split in committee funding based on the Monstrosity created last year when Jumpin Jeffords fouled the nest.

Up to that time it was 1/3 to 2/3, but when the Turncoat took the bribe the democrats changed the funding proportions to 49/50 because the change was not a voter change. The demoRATS are having trouble understanding why the Senate should be returned back to the old funding proportions. Apparently the Democrats are unable to understand or tolerate the authority of the voters.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

http://www.c-span.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

[marajade]

And what's even more funny is that the resolution doesn't even have any monetary issue in it.

[Wphile]

I emailed Sean Hannity. Hopefully he talks about this. It's so frickin unbelievable. I cannot believe the audacity of the senate democrats. Screw 'em.

[spokeshave]

The rats want 50% of staff and funding in committees....

Looser has historically got one third....with 2/3 to Senate controller..ie GOP this time.

[Political Junkie Too]

On everything. Check out editorial from the WSJ:

Conveniently, any organizing delay allows Democrats to continue as committee chairmen, slowing the Republican start. Joe Lieberman, who is supposed to be the former chairman of Governmental Affairs, sent out a notice saying that he'd preside over this week's confirmation hearing for Tom Ridge, nominated to run the new Homeland Security Department.

This would mean a nice photo-op for the soon-to-be Presidential candidate, but it's an insult to Maine Republican Susan Collins, who should be running the committee. The White House pulled Mr. Ridge at the last minute to deny Mr. Lieberman his chance to knock the Administration around, but this only delays Mr. Ridge's ability to get on with the job.

The rest of the editorial is worth reading.

-PJ

[Samurai_Jack]

Senator Judd Gregg R-New Hampshire is backing the RAT Senator from Maryland into a corner.

[Wphile]

We seem to be getting every closer to that edge. I blame the senate democrats too. A pox on them!

[hellinahandcart]

This is going to be two years of total war

Um, yeah...in more ways than one.