Senate Launches All-Night Debate

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With humor, anger and a show of GOP unity, the Senate on Wednesday launched 30 hours of uninterrupted debate on President Bush's political nominees not making it to the federal appeals bench, setting up cots and preparing to cast blame at each other throughout the night.

Most of Republicans marched into the Senate together just before 6 p.m., sat down and listened to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., open the debate by condemning the filibusters.

"Tonight we embark upon an extraordinary session," Frist said. "For the next 30 hours Republicans and Democrats will debate the merits of three judicial nominees. We will be considering the meaning of our constitutional responsibilities to advise and consent on nominations. We will discuss whether there is a need to enact filibuster reform so that nominations taken to the floor can get a vote."
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Dems should get 30 hours to debate smirk's Military Service.

Oh wait....30 seconds should just about do it.

Cripes. Go ahead and have your little slumber party, Repug Thugs. You're just making fools of yourselves in front of the American people who need you to do the people's business, not act like petulant little schoolyard bullies.

My fave part of the story (Tom Harkin ROCKS!):

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, held a sign he displayed for television cameras and passing Republican senators as they entered the chamber: "I'll be home watching 'The Bachelor.'"

Another Democratic sign, a big purple sign with gold "168 to 4" written on it - the number of judicial nominees confirmed by the Senate as opposed to the number blocked by Democrats - upset Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H. "That is clearly against the Senate rules," said Gregg, who had Democrats remove it until their turn to speak.

to speak truth to a Republican!

(Where's Harry Truman when you really need him? Instead of taking down the sign till later, he'd just whack 'em with it!)

May they drown in rivers of their own boiling shit.

back in the day how the Repo's use to block up clinton's judges, and now they turn around and bitch. What a pack of hypocrites.

that TOLL FREE NUMBER -

1 (800) 839 - 5276 - to urge our Dems on - CALCIUM DEPOSITS FOR THEIR SPINES!!! They NEED to hear from us that they aren't operating in a vacuum.

GOP Aims to Call Attention to Blocked Judicial Nominees
With cots, coffee and choreography worthy of a Broadway production, the Senate squared off last night for an all-night talkathon -- its first in a decade -- that Republicans are staging to call attention to Democrats' efforts to block several of President Bush's judicial nominees.

I'm amazed Reid is awake after talking so much the other day.

suddenly isn't good enough for the repigs?

After all, it will give them something to talk about when they get home. Can they really talk about anything else?

:evilgrin:

"...and all we got were these lousy T-shirts."

Priceless. Keep up the fight y'all.

"Hey! I know we're all in strung out shape but stay frosty and alert. We can't afford to let one of those bastards in here." - Cpl. Hicks in "Aliens"