fortdixlover
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 Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 3:14 am Post subject: Kerry calls for filibuster of Alito |
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Oh, for crying out loud...
Mr. Kerry, could you PLEASE stifle yourself? Your grandstanding is simply ridiculous anymore.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/26/alito/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate's top Republican decided Thursday to force a showdown on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito early next week, with the two Democratic senators from Massachusetts pushing to block a vote.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist filed a motion to cut off debate on the Alito nomination after his Democratic counterpart, Minority Leader Harry Reid, objected to a move by GOP leaders to schedule a final vote on his confirmation Monday afternoon.
Frist's motion, which requires 60 votes under Senate rules, will come up for a vote at 4:30 p.m. Monday. If successful, senators will then vote on Alito's nomination at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with a simple majority of 51 votes needed for approval.
Frist's move came as Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts was lobbying his Democratic colleagues to filibuster the Alito nomination -- an uphill fight, given that none of the chamber's 55 Republicans have opposed his confirmation and three Democrats are on the record supporting it.
"Judge Alito's confirmation would be an ideological coup on the Supreme Court," Kerry said in a written statement.
Ummm...what exactly is an "ideological coup on the Supreme Court"? I.e., the court only exists to agree with you? How does Kerry come up with this rhetorical nonsense? -- FDL
"We can't afford to see the court's swing vote, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, replaced with a far-right ideologue like Samuel Alito."
The White House expressed confidence that Alito's supporters had the 60 votes needed to cut off a filibuster, a maneuver allowed under Senate rules to block a vote by extending debate indefinitely.
Earlier Thursday, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin, who is in charge of rounding up his colleagues for key votes, also played down the possibility of a filibuster, though he said no decision had been made.
"One of the first responsibilities of someone in Congress is to learn how to count," the Illinois Democrat said. "Having made a count, I have come to the conclusion it is highly unlikely that a filibuster would succeed."
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