[FreedomPoster]

This took me 3-4 clicks from the FR home page.

Constitution=>Unity&Federalism=>Federalist Papers (HTML)

http://www.constitution.org/fed/federa00.htm

I probably really had 3 more clicks from going down one dead end path.

[Xthe17th]

There were something like 85 Federalist letters. Is the one Wise referred to #78? If anyone knows the exact letter, LMK. In the meanwhile, thanks for the link to the Constitution website - will try to look it up.

[ez]

I checked the Federalist Papers quickly and didn't find anything that actually says "vote," but it might be there. I would, however, like to say that "advise and consent" MEANS debate and vote. To advise is to speak top a person's qualifications...to tell the President "send us more like this" or "don't send any more like this." To consent is to affirm the nomination. This can only be done by registering an up or down vote. Consent comes at the vote.

To deny the vote is never to allow the Senate to register its consent, and it is ignoring the Constitution.