Posted on 11/12/2003 8:50:36 AM PST by Rabid Dog
Excerpted the first four paragraphs.
WASHINGTON -- Get your tickets to the U.S. Senate! A 30-hour marathon debate starts Wednesday and will go straight through to Friday. Republicans have orchestrated the "talkathon" to highlight Democratic efforts to block the confirmation of four of President Bush's judicial nominees.
No one expects to resolve the fight, but that won't stop lawmakers from keeping bleary-eyed Senate staff, stenographers, librarians, pages, cooks and police officers on a round-the-clock vigil. Senators on both sides of the aisle intend to add another chapter to the Senate's history.
Senators are resting up for their midnight shifts. Dozens of cots have been ordered for junior senators and will be placed in the Strom Thurmond room, named after the late South Carolinian who holds the record for the longest filibuster by a single senator.
Blankets and pillows are being readied for senior senators who have cozy "hideaway" nooks in the Capitol. It's a return to the Senate of yore and lore.
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