Posted on 02/14/2005 5:34:47 PM PST by Michael.SF.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush set up a showdown with Senate Democrats on Monday by renominating 20 failed judicial nominees, many of whom had been denounced by critics as "right-wing extremists."
The renewed battle over the nominees promises to produce plenty of fireworks as Bush begins his second term with an expanded Senate Republican majority and still-defiant Senate Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Tennessee Republican, has threatened to change the Senate's rules to prevent any more procedural hurdles known as filibusters against judicial nominees.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada has vowed Democrats are "not going to cut and run" from any such fight.
Democrats have also promised to retaliate against any rule change by invoking other procedural hurdles that could bring the Senate to a standstill.
"Republicans would rue the day they changed the rules," Reid has warned.
Democrats blocked 10 of Bush's judicial nominees with filibusters during his first term. In addition, more than a dozen others were left hanging when Congress came to a close last year.
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These nominatikons are going to be a good to watch!
Searched: (Bush renominates, Failed judicial) -- ANF.
And what's the downside to that? Don't we have enough laws already?
Senator Harry better watch out. He might get Daschled next time...
I'm hoping for an across the board recess appointment, if they haven't been confirmed by then.
The Judges did not fail, they were never voted on. The only failure is the process which the Democrats are abusing.
Failed? Nonsense.
IIRC, these jurists never even came up for a vote!
BTW, note well how the democrat political hacks in the Senate consider anyone who believes in the U.S. Constitution to be a "right wing extremist".
BTW, note well how the democrat political hacks in the Senate consider anyone who believes in the U.S. Constitution to be a "right wing extremist".
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Exactly - what do you expect from a bunch of ANTI-AMERICAN COMMUNISTS???? Anyone who is not a Communist, is a "right wing extremist"...
Go ahead, punk. Make my day.
"Republicans would rue the day they changed the rules," Reid has warned.
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Oh yeah, you wimp. Payback time is coming for you and your obstructionist buddies, Harry boy. Stand by my friend.
But renominating activist extremists that the Senate has already refused to confirm is not the way," Kennedy said.
No Senator, the Senate has not refused. Instead 40 Democrats have refused to let the Senate vote on it.
Which word would you prefer?
Socilists, neocoms, Progressivstalinist, Castroites
;)
"Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada has vowed Democrats are "not going to cut and run" from any such fight."
Yeah that's right, the dems never run from shooting their mouths off, but sadly our Troops and our enemies know all to well how they cut and run when ever there is a real fight.
The Democrats just keep digging their graves deeper and deeper. Oh well, I won't miss them.
I believe at least six of those being submitted again didn't make it out of committee in the 108th due to 'blue slips' being placed on them by Levin and Stabenow of MI.... Four in the Sixth District and two in the Eastern District of Michigan..... I'd guess they will place 'blue slips' on them again...
http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/blueslips.htm
What's Reid going to do? Stage another crying session on the floor of Congress? Yeah, I'm shaking.
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