Frist Rescinds Recess Threat, Will Allow Senate Full Week Off

Roll Call ^ | 2/13/03 | Paul Kane

[byteback]

Backing down from a threat he issued earlier this week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) said Thursday the chamber would have its full Presidents Day recess next week.

[Howlin]

From what I have read or heard, I THINK that if they ever do hold a cloture vote, they establish (through senate debate rules) that 60 votes will be required at any time in the future to act on the nomination.

DING DING DING......move to the head of the class!

You're the first one who got it right!

And you ARE right.

[Diddle E. Squat]

A reference to what he said he would do in his post #68.

[TLBSHOW]

Then make recess appointments for every last one of them that needs to be filled.

[deport]

Humality he didn't learn either.......

Just keep the RATTY RATS on the run, rat now and rat cher.

[Howlin]

that believes PARROTS everything you read.

When you have no principles, you don't believe anything.

[Howlin]

If Bush follows TLBSHOW's suggestion

To quote a well known TOS, "Oh, my sides."

[samantha]

Correct,and if Frist plays his cards right ,the demorats will look just as bad to the average voter as they did when they arranged the Wellstone Funeral debacle. You know Hillery is the engineer behind this soon to be demorat train wreck.

[Howlin]

I see your attack dog howlin is now going to cross thread and attack me on other threads instead of here.

You are so FOS. I see you've taken an A$$whipping on these threads tonight; it's good to see how many people realize you're a fraud.

[Constitution Day]

LMAO!

[Robert_Paulson2]

This may in fact be due to a specific threat tied to our bombing of Iraq... in a day or two.

It may be for security reasons, using the "wives' tales as a cover.

[justshe]

I saw a call for a quorum today. Byrd was finishing up his rant...and he looked around, and saw that the next speaker was not present to take his place, so he asked for a quorum call. The President directed the call...and they started called the names of the Senators. It was explained at the time, that w/o a quorom, the debate would have ended on this issue (Estrada). Once the next speaker showed up (think it was Maria Cantwell), Byrd asked that the quorom call be suspended and it was stopped. So it can be used as a delaying tactic too. It was my understanding that once the debate is ENDED....an up or down vote can be requested (but I might be wrong about that).

[deport]

you're a fraud.

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Naw... just chasing the RATTY RATS, rat cher, rat now, don'tcha see....

[TLBSHOW]

Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution grants the President the authority to:

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.
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Currently, the President and Congress generally adhere to a procedure for recess appointments that minimizes the potential for interbranch conflict. If the President wishes to make a recess appointment or appointments, he generally sends a list of persons to be appointed to members of the Senate shortly before or during a recess.


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He has already done that and the rats slapped him down time after time for almost 2 years now. They plan to do it to every last one of them. They hate President Bush anyways so he should just appoint them all at once and next week. That will send shock waves through the dnc machine but Good!

[TLBSHOW]

Keep using the word fraud. It fits you well!

[justshe]

Recess appts are only good thru the end of the current Congressional session. At that point, the person has to be either confirmed, or have another recess appt--but that would still only be good for another year. I don't know that there is a limit on how many recess appts a single person can have consecutively...but I'm betting there IS a limit.

BAD move, imo. Shows that you CAN do something...but in sort of a Bill Clinton, slimey way.

[Howlin]

Todd, if anybody needs anymore proof of how willing you are to literally CHANGE YOUR PRINCIPLES ON A DIME< here is the proof:

Here is your post on this thread:

To: aristeides

Well I have an idea then make recess appointments for all the judicial appointments this next week. How many are there that have not been filled yet?

Stick it right to the rats but GOOD!........

That I would have no problems with! :>)

222 posted on 02/13/2003 10:16 PM EST by TLBSHOW

And here is your earlier post on this very thread:

To: lexington minuteman 1775

I really think it would be a mistake to appoint Estrada as a recess appointment.

You are correct, this must go on and on! The end result is what I said on another thread!

Estrada gets in and the rats will be known as the racist! Well I said more but the threads up to 600 posts and I will look for it.

129 posted on 02/13/2003 8:31 PM EST by TLBSHOW

You cannot even remember what you say ON THE SAME DAMN THREAD! 129 posted on 02/13/2003 8:31 PM EST by TLBSHOW

[Darlin']

FOFLOL. I wasn't aware TLBSHOW had the President's ear.

Seriously, I disagree completely. An occasional recess appointment is one thing but appointing every nominee during recess is tantamount to saying, Ok, you win to the Hillarycrats. That ain't gonna happen. First, it sets a bad precedent. Second, it is unfair to the nominee who deserves to be voted on in a straight up or down vote by the full senate. Lastly, the President is a competitor and he isn't about to concede an inch on something he knows he can win.

[justshe]

Ohhhhh......BUSTED! But good.

[Howlin]

Keep using the word fraud. It fits you well!

As I have told you before, I'll put my credibility up against yours any day of the weeek.

[Luis Gonzalez]

So?

How ya been?