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Senate tells Bush not to pardon Libby
Associated Press (excerpt) ^ | July 20, 2007 | JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS

Posted on 07/20/2007 1:14:47 PM PDT by HAL9000

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WASHINGTON - A brawl over presidential pardons punctured the normally courtly ambiance of the Senate on Thursday night, but Republicans and Democrats agreed to bury the hatchet and erase the evidence before the sun rose Friday.

In the heat of a partisan spat, Democrats forced a vote on a nonbinding measure to instruct President Bush not to pardon former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. But there's no record of the 47-49 vote in the daily record of congressional proceedings — or anywhere else.

That's because senators agreed less than an hour later to undo their vote and pretend it had never happened.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: congress; democrats; demorats; dinghyharry; govwatch; libby; pardon; pardons; senate; traitorousdemorats; ussenate
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To: HAL9000

Wow if they are voting on pardons maybe they should take up the Marc Rich pardon or the associates of the Rodam boys and Rogewr Clinton that were pardon. The Senate might might to give instruction on those.


61 posted on 07/20/2007 1:56:43 PM PDT by rod1 (uake)
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To: eraser2005

Thanks!


62 posted on 07/20/2007 1:57:56 PM PDT by Graymatter (FRederalist)
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To: HAL9000
"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for."

-Will Rogers

63 posted on 07/20/2007 1:58:05 PM PDT by 300magnum (God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. D.Webster)
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To: HAL9000
So when the Right gets back into power, we'll be able to pass all these absolutely worthless resolutions that waste all this taxpaid salaries and th elike, too, right???
64 posted on 07/20/2007 2:00:10 PM PDT by HeartlandOfAmerica (The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.)
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To: twonie

$250.00 and you have a deal.....


65 posted on 07/20/2007 2:01:27 PM PDT by artifax
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To: HAL9000
As in almost every action the dims take... they have NO POWER to perform their BS resolutions ... have no basis in fact within the US CONSTITUTION... and violate every rule of decorum practicing their pro al qaeda positions.

LLS

66 posted on 07/20/2007 2:02:20 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: HAL9000
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HEY, I've got an idea: Bush should issue an EO ordering the Legislative branch to make his tax cuts permanent, make a formal declaration of war against Al Qaeda, and begin reducing real spending by 2% a year in every Federal Department except Defense and Homeland Security.

See how that goes over.

67 posted on 07/20/2007 2:06:24 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!)
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To: HAL9000

Wonder why they retracted that vote? LOL...exposure of criminal acts on a number of rat senators...


68 posted on 07/20/2007 2:07:30 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: ping jockey
Check me if I am wrong but was it not the legislative branch that gave the Executive branch the right to pardons and sentence commutations.

From Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution:

"The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.

69 posted on 07/20/2007 2:09:31 PM PDT by kabar
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To: HAL9000

70 posted on 07/20/2007 2:09:34 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: HAL9000
Bill Clinton pardoned 140 people . now did the senate say anything about that..and how about all the women he raped..Oh sorry that was all alright since he is a democrat and commie...
71 posted on 07/20/2007 2:09:47 PM PDT by Willow25
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To: Willow25

Bush tells Senate: Blow it our your @$$.


72 posted on 07/20/2007 2:11:00 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: HeartlandOfAmerica

NO!!!!! Legislation from the right is usually far less symbolic and often makes sense.

President Bush should issue an executive order instructing the Senate of the fact that they really suck.


73 posted on 07/20/2007 2:17:01 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: mware
Not that it matter to them, but I didnt think they had the power to change the congressional record.

Sure, they just extended and revised the vote to zero.

74 posted on 07/20/2007 2:40:29 PM PDT by Ole Okie
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To: tobyhill

So now the ‘Rats in the Senate are striking votes from the record?

Ladies and gentlemen we have now witnessed what happens when RATS get cornered, when their so-called “initiatives” don’t pass muster; they now get to strike them from the record like they never even happened. So much for the “most ethical Congress” theory, like there was ever a doubt from the start.

I see it was Dingy Harry who “directed” this...it’s time to kick the chair from under this RAT bastard and watch ‘em swing.


75 posted on 07/20/2007 2:44:29 PM PDT by hughesm1
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To: HAL9000

W T F ? !

Why in the H*LL can’t they just do their jobs?! Dang.


76 posted on 07/20/2007 2:46:40 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Every day the Senate is looking more and more like a Monty Python skit and less like a governing body.

Our nation is going to hell in a hand basket and, these twits
are arguing about how to demoralize the president!!!


77 posted on 07/20/2007 2:48:02 PM PDT by buck61
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To: HAL9000
"That's because senators agreed less than an hour later to undo their vote and pretend it had never happened."

It's too bad they couldn't undo themselves and pretend they never happened.

78 posted on 07/20/2007 3:05:11 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway~~John Wayne)
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To: HAL9000

I’s just suggest to the senate that they stick their decision in the dumper where it belongs. I didn’t notice them telling Bubba who not to pardon. [I actually have a lot more to say, but it would require the use of inappropriate language.]


79 posted on 07/20/2007 3:22:15 PM PDT by Clara Lou (Thompson-Hunter '08-- imwithfred.com)
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To: Red Badger
It comes from the King... in the monarchy, His Majesty could see fit to extend mercy at his pleasure and it has always been the King's call alone as to whom to forgive. The Founders adopted this ancient practice and vested it in the President.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

80 posted on 07/20/2007 3:59:33 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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