Posted on 07/06/2004 3:16:28 PM PDT by pookie18
51-46
all the Freepers who were on Bush about the trade of no recess for 25 nominations, well this was one of the 25. So that's a win for W!
Right to choose what? :)
Doesn't matter. It's the principle of the thing. The ONLY objections the other side came up with to oppose Holmes was 1) He is pro-life, and 2) He is a Christian and had the audacity to write about it.
There were no problems with his legal qualifications whatsoever. The ABA gave him a "well-qualified" endorsement.
Hutchinson announced her opposition in advance of the vote. Look at it this way, if Texans were stupid enough to give us Lyndon Johnson, and give themselves Ma Richards, they certainly wouldn't want to break the mold when it came to KBH.
Here is some official data about the details of the confirmation vote:
Not voting: Edwards, Kerry, Murkowski;
Republicans voting against: Chaffe, Colins, Hutchison, Snowe, Warner;
Dems voting for: Breaux, Landrieu, Lincoln, Miller, Nelson (of Nebraska), Pryor.
AWESOME! No thanks to Ms. Hutch.
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!
Fundamental my foot.
The Alliance for Justice can stick it up their fundament as far as I'm concerned!
George, let me suggest that his ASSURED confirmation was WHY one of your Texas senators could vote against him. This was one of those, "if it's close, I'll vote for the guy, but if it is a lock, I want to be able to 'vote my conscience.'" I'm not too sure I'd be that upset with KBH over this.
Sounds good to me, too.
The usual (scumbags) suspects, although Hutchinson is a little surprising. And Specter has an election coming up.
Enh. To me it's the principle of the thing. In the email I wrote her via her Senate website I pointed out that we've got too many leftists blocking Bush's judicial nominees (as well as the usual RINOs) without getting help from the Right. Just doesn't sit well with me.
That's the way I read it as well. And isn't Murkowski in a fight in AK, so she was able to not vote and look moderate"? Right now, it's all about the numbers and the rest is just theater for those who aren't paying close attention.
You are correct!
U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 108th Congress - 2nd Session
as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate
Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation J. Leon Holmes, of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge ) Vote Number: 153 Vote Date: July 6, 2004, 05:45 PM Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Nomination Confirmed Nomination Number: PN279 Nomination Description: J. Leon Holmes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Vote Counts: YEAs 51 NAYs 46 Not Voting 3
Grouped By Vote Position
YEAs ---51 Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Campbell (R-CO)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fitzgerald (R-IL)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Miller (D-GA)
Nelson (D-NE)
Nickles (R-OK)
Pryor (D-AR)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Voinovich (R-OH)
NAYs ---46 Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Chafee (R-RI)
Clinton (D-NY)
Collins (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Corzine (D-NJ)
Daschle (D-SD)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (D-FL)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Snowe (R-ME)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Warner (R-VA)
Wyden (D-OR)
Not Voting - 3 Edwards (D-NC)
Kerry (D-MA)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Why should it be against her conscience to vote for Holmes?
I thought there was only one "fundamental" right -- that being the right to LIFE.
And, I agree with your assessment. Judge Holmes seems to be on the side of good. We need a few hundred more like him asap.
Not a single suprise on that list.
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