Senate Judiciary Committee meeting Thurs 9:30 - judicial nominations!!!!!!

[housewolf]

The Senate Judiciary Committee is meeting Thursday 9:30 am on some of the radical judicial nominations that were held up last session and re-nominated this session.

I am not sure what will be happening during this meeting of the committee - I don't know if they will be just talking about the nominations or voting. This could be the triggering of the nuclear option!


From http://judiciary.senate.gov/meeting_notice.cfm?id=1468
An Executive Business Meeting has been scheduled by the Committee on the Judiciary, for Thursday, April 21, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., in the Senate Dirksen Building, Room 226.

Senator Specter will preside.
By order of the Chairman

TENTATIVE AGENDA

I. Nominations

Terrence W. Boyle, II

to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit

Priscilla R. Owen

to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit

Janice Rogers Brown

to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit

William H. Pryor, Jr.
to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.

II. Bills

S. 378, Reducing Crime and Terrorism at America's Seaports Act of 2005



S.629, Railroad Carriers and Mass Transportation Act of 2005



S. 339, Reaffirmation of State Regulation of Resident and Nonresident Hunting and Fishing Act of 2005



S. 852, A bill to Create a Fair and Efficient System to Resolve Claims of Victims for Bodily Injury Caused by Asbestos Exposure, and for Other Purposes.

[mmonk]

1. I sent letters

to my "unrepresentatives" in the Senate attacking them for their support of Boyle in statements issued. I said they had an obligation to represent their constituents (Boyle is against ADA) as their first duty as Senators, not to be ideologues at their contituents' expense (Dole, Burr). Of course, I've received no reply. I plan to get an "Unrepresented" bumper sticker soon.

[Daphne08]

2. Senator Dick Durbin just announced on Senate floor that

the Republicans will go nuclear! He is furious!

Is anyone watching this?

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. Gee, if they wait a couple more days

Congress will be in recess and Bush can do his usual back-door assignments.

:grr: