realitythink
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:52 PM
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Hilda Solis is now Secretary of Labor? |
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Just heard Reid put the nomination through.
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backscatter712
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:54 PM
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1. I'm not entirely sure what just happened. |
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It passed out of committee earlier. I believe Reid is scheduling Solis's nomination cloture vote.
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:56 PM
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Sat Feb-14-09 12:12 AM
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5. You can't do it without confirmation if the Senate is in session. |
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You can only do those "Captain Kangaroo" appointments during recess.
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:57 PM
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3. No, someone has a hold on the nomination |
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Which means someone objects to the routine unanimous consent request to bring the nomination to the floor of the senate for discussion and a vote. So Senator Reid has filed a cloture motion in order to bring the measure up. Should that cloture motion get 60 votes, then the Senate has 30 hours to discuss the nomination and then proceed to a vote on whether or not she will be confirmed.
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Fri Feb-13-09 10:57 PM
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4. No, Reid was just going over the schedule |
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of the issues that would be addressed once they return from their recess, which begins in a few minutes and ends at 10 a.m. on Monday the 23rd.
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Sat Feb-14-09 12:46 AM
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6. He brought it up and then set the schedule for when they get back |
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