Toots
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Mon Apr-25-05 09:03 PM
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So how many judge nominations have Democrats actually fillibustered |
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I know they have threatened to fillibuster if Bush* re-appoints some that have been blocked but have Democrats actually used the fillibuster or just threatened to do so. I would imagine Republicans have made a threat or two themselves....
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Mon Apr-25-05 09:11 PM
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1. A better question is how many did they approve |
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for Bush, and the answer is 90%
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Mon Apr-25-05 09:18 PM
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3. Just because some didn't get approved doesn't mean they were fillibustered |
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And I think the actual percentage is more like 96% approval. 215 nominees and 206 approved. Would they dare compare this to Clinton's appointees?
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Mon Apr-25-05 09:21 PM
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5. the judges left are not worthy to be in the legal |
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field let alone presiding.
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Mon Apr-25-05 09:21 PM
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4. They filibustered ten during Bush's first term. |
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But the filibuster isn't like "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" anymore where one senator has to stand on the Senate floor and talk until one side or the other gives in. These days they more or less just "declare" a filibuster on a given issue (or, in this case, a given nomination) and then everyone goes back to what they were doing, which is why you never saw any footage of grand oratory on the floor of the Senate over any of these ten. But they were filibustered, and apparently will be again if and when the nominations are again brought to the floor.
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