Comments | ryanminier: Frist and Senate GOP denied by own party

ryanminier

Frist and Senate GOP denied by own party

May 23, 2005 20:44

Although President Bush and Bill Frist will get the nominations of Owens, Brown and Pryor passed, the Democrats will still have the option to exercise the filibuster on future judicial nominees under extreme circumstances. Individual Senators will determine what extreme circumstances are. This agreement does very little for the Senate GOP when it ( Read more... )

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tko_ak May 24 2005, 02:30:47 UTC

The party is corrupt. Er, our leadership and public face of the party has veered to the religious right and become unethical and corrupt. It's a sad, sad day.

In theory, and probably practice, I don't like the idea of a fillibuster at all. It impedes things, and pisses me off...especially on nominations. It was just like in VA, there was a bill to amend the senate rules to add in a fillibuster (and quota), and I fought it tooth and nail. I would have never allowed it to come up because it's a potential weapon waiting to happen.

At the same time, with as corrupt and unethical as the Republican congressional majority has been, I don't like the thought of them further abusing power to, again, unsurp the say-so of a (fairly substantial) minority.