Posted on 01/30/2006 2:36:06 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
WASHINGTON — Enough Senate Democrats had signed on by mid-vote Monday to prevent a filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Sam Alito, virtually assuring the nomination would go to a full floor vote Tuesday ending with his confirmation.
When the vote is done, the Democrats will have joined with all 54 Republicans present to pass the 60-vote threshold to end debate, leading to a final floor vote Tuesday morning. Alito could be sworn in as early as noon Tuesday.
Earlier in the afternoon, members of the so-called Gang of 14 said they unanimously supported ending debate on Alito, The evenly politically split "Gang of 14" moderate senators met Monday afternoon to discuss how they would respond to liberal Democrats' efforts to filibuster Alito's nomination. All agreed they would move to quash a filibuster.
Prior to the vote, Sen. Arlen Specter, a pro-choice Republican and head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, hailed Alito as an "A-plus" candidate for the nation's highest court who was "well qualified" to be confirmed by the Senate.
The Gang of 14 was formed by senators seeking middle ground on judiciary nominees. A ground rule for allowing filibusters is if there are "extraordinary circumstances" surrounding the nominee. While the gang has never explicitly defined what an extraordinary circumstance would be, members privately said there were none regarding Alito, who has sat on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals for 15 years
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Slavery will make a comeback,
And being Gay will result in a long prison term.
And lots of women will bleed to death
"Really three months. He was nominated on Oct 31st, so that makes three."
Even more outrageous. What a bunch of spineless jerks we have in the senate to let the Rats delay it for so long.
It won't be a conservative court until someone such as Janice Rogers Brown is confirmed. Then we can lift our champagne flutes in salute to a genuine conservative victory.
People who politically protect abortion like the 8th wonder of the world will indeed have a choice someday. They can "Roe" or "Wade" the nine crossings of the river Styx to get to the gates of hell.
Thats because Kennedy took three months to figure out how to pronounce "Aliotos" name. So whats the hurry?
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