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  • Frist schedules Senate ‘all-nighter’ on judges

    05/23/2005 11:10:50 AM PDT · by QQQQQ · 111 replies · 6,601+ views
    MSNBC ^ | May 23, 2005 | Tom Curry
    Cots were brought into the Capitol Monday as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist scheduled an all-night session stretching into Tuesday to dramatize the debate over President Bush’s judicial nominees and the filibusters that Democrats have used to block votes on 10 of them. The Senate debated the nomination of appeals court hopeful Priscilla Owen for four days last week and is set to vote on a motion to end the Owen debate on Tuesday. Opening debate Monday morning, Frist reminded Democrats that he has offered them 100 hours of debate on each judicial nomination, an offer they rejected. In Tuesday's...