Cannon Hates partisan attempts to delay Senate votes!

Thank you for contacting me regarding filibusters. It is good to hear from you.

Filibusters have received a lot of recent attention due to partisan attempts to delay Senate votes on the appointment of President Bush's judicial nominees. Until 2003, members of both parties in the Senate had worked together to ensure that nominations considered on the Senate floor received an up-or-down vote for approval.

While the Constitution requires a simple, 51-vote majority to approve a Presidential judicial nominee, the filibustering Senators are trying to create a new Senate precedent that would change that to a 60-vote requirement. The Senate has the power to remedy this situation through the "constitutional option" which is the constitutional right of the Senate majority to define Senate practices and procedures. An exercise of this option under the current circumstances would be an act of restoration - a return to the historic and constitutional confirmation standard of simple majority support for all judicial nominations.

While the filibuster is unique to the Senate and not an option for members of the House of Representatives, I will make sure, as the opportunity arises, to share your opinion as I speak with my colleagues in the Senate.

Thank you again for contacting me. Please let me know if I can ever be of assistance. For more information on issues that are currently in Congress, please visit my website: www.house.gov/cannon.



Warmest regards,
Chris Cannon


I have NO representation in the State of Utah

Ain't it grand? :banghead:

And this reply is classic cut-and-paste Koolaid from a staffer. A patronizing form-response. No suprises, really. Utah politics are scary.