Frist Readies Series of Rare Procedural Motions

[NewJerseyDem]

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/50_6/news/6235-1.html (subscription required)

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) indicated Tuesday that he would apply little-used procedural tactics to force Democrats to send an international corporate-tax bill to conference with the House sometime before the Senate adjourns for the August recess.

“If we can’t work out some agreement to go to conference, I have no option but to make a motion to proceed and see what they do about it,” Frist said.

At press time, Frist was still contemplating whether to get the ball rolling on a series of procedural votes last night, a senior Senate GOP aide said.

“I think within the next two days the leader is going to pull the trigger,” said Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), a Finance Committee member and potential conferee.

[dweller]

1. hopefully,

it will be self-inflicted.
:eyes:

dp

[Fridays Child]

2. This four-year period in American history will be...

...noted for a Republican-controlled government that could not help but shit where it ate.

[aquart]

3. And what, pray tell, WILL WE DO??????????

Daschle knows the cat killer is going to pull this garbage, what's HIS plan?

Let me guess: crawl under his desk and cover his head?

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

4. No, let me guess...

... Tom Daschle will be working behind the scenes to get guarantees that Democrats will have equal reprentation in upcoming conference assignments concerning FSC/ETI . Bet you didn't know that. Did you know that Daschle had existing procedural agreements made that forced Trent Lott to share the power in the Senate committee assignments. The list goes on. Try checking out his book "Like No Other Time" from a library and read about all the behind the scenes work he has done, which has contributed to the imploding of the GOP. I wouldn't expect a Daschle hater to actually purchase a book to gain persepective.

[dusty64]

5. repigs going to the wall

for MORE huge corporate giveaways. I hope they are ALL sent packing in November, it couldn't be more blatant they don't give a SHIT about the People or the Country (only traitorous corporate donors).

[cap]

6. I wonder what byrd thinks of this..

Senator Byrd knows procedure like no one else.

[Judi Lynn]

7. Whoooo, DU'ers. Now they're scaring us!

“I think within the next two days the leader is going to pull the trigger,” said Sen. Trent Lott.

Here are motions Trent Lott would recognize: