Geez there is a lot on the plate next Month in the Senate

Maybe this is why they took a break.

Look at this stuff coming up, just in Commerce:

Importance of Basic Research to United States' Competitveness
Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Hearing
Wednesday, March 29 2006 - 10:00 AM - Dirksen 562
** Sen. Kerry is RM on this committee. I have no idea if he can show on this as there is a competing closed session of the SRFC to hear about the Nuclear Deal with India and Kerry was acting as an official of SFRC when he visited India in Jan.

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Competition and Convergence
Full Committee Hearing
Thursday, March 30 2006 - 2:30 PM - D-562
Geez, more competition hearings.

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The Current and Future Role of Science in the Asia Pacific Partnership
Global Climate Change Hearing
Wednesday, April 5 2006 - 2:30 PM - Dirksen 562
Global warming and Climate Change. Geez, whose priority was this?

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Offshore Aquaculture
National Ocean Policy Study Hearing
Thursday, April 6 2006 - 10:00 AM - SD-562
Fisheries! Oh me still my heart. Actually, this sort of dovetails with the Climate Change stuff, doesn't it?
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Fostering Innovation in Math and Science Education
Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Hearing
Wednesday, April 26 2006 - 10:00 AM - Dirksen 562
Geez, I sense a theme. Sen. Ensign really wants that bill out. I wonder how open he is to hashing out the real issues and seeking bipartisanship on this.
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Projected and Past Effects of Climate Change: A Focus on Marine and Terrestrial
Global Climate Change Hearing
Wednesday, April 26 2006 - 2:30 PM - Dirksen 562
Geez, this is more climate change hearings that the last 2 years combined. What's up with that?
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Geez, do you think the Senate is trying to pass some actual bills on this stuff. (Does anyone else see the pattern here?) Maybe they can slap a weird names on the bills and call them, 'The Warmer Winter -- Less Heating Fuel Act' or the 'America Likes Smart Wonky Nerds Act.' What do you think?

And he has pissed off Harry Reid who doesn't want any bill on the floor that hasn't gone through the whole process in Judiciary of hearings and such. Frist just wrote his own bill, ran it past some consultants who determined it would play well in border states that want to control the flow of illegals and put it in play.

Sen. Reid has threatened a filibuster over this, as he should. The competing Kennedy-McCain Immigration Bill may never make it to the floor, which is a shame since it is a much better bill. I wonder if Frist is trying to lock down the Senate over this in order to give Rethugs something popular to run on this fall? Hmmmmmm.

Frist is a thug and I wish that SEC investigation would take him out.

Barfy making more people puke:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2530262&mesg_id=2530262