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Democrats use the filibuster to prevent some of President Bush's best-qualified nominees to the federal courts. It takes 60 votes to defeat a filibuster, yet 51 votes to confirm the nominee.
I think this is unconstitutional. In my opinion, the Democrat's do not want to come upon an agreement with the Republicans in Congress...They want to be in full power.
The Republican's did not do this during Clinton's time...
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04-28-2005, 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by RidinHighSpeeds Democrats use the filibuster to prevent some of President Bush's best-qualified nominees to the federal courts. It takes 60 votes to defeat a filibuster, yet 51 votes to confirm the nominee.
I think this is unconstitutional. In my opinion, the Democrat's do not want to come upon an agreement with the Republicans in Congress...They want to be in full power.
The Republican's did not do this during Clinton's time...
What do you think about the filibuster? | I saw on a tv debate that the reps did exactly that during the clinton era, but I don't have any links at the moment. | |
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04-28-2005, 09:23 PM
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Level up: 35%, 76 Points needed | | Not true.This is the first time that a filibuster has been used to block a judicial nominee.The nominee deserves a yes or no vote,not leaving them hanging and twisting in the wind. | |
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Originally Posted by duncanmac Not true.This is the first time that a filibuster has been used to block a judicial nominee.The nominee deserves a yes or no vote,not leaving them hanging and twisting in the wind. | Maybe it happened for some other position then...
fill me in. what is going on? Why don't they want him in? | |
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04-28-2005, 09:27 PM
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If whatever that needs to be passed has the majority vote, it will be passed? | |
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Originally Posted by duncanmac Not true.This is the first time that a filibuster has been used to block a judicial nominee.The nominee deserves a yes or no vote,not leaving them hanging and twisting in the wind. | Maybe it happened for some other position then...
fill me in. what is going on? Why don't they want him in? | I do not know all the specifics but it boils down to the basic opposition of views on certain subjects | |
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Level up: 53%, 72 Points needed | | The Republicans during the Clinton era did not use the filibuster to prevent nominations, but instead did not vote them out of committee. All nominations that made it to the Senate Floor were given an up or down vote.
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Originally Posted by sgtdmski The Republicans during the Clinton era did not use the filibuster to prevent nominations, but instead did not vote them out of committee. All nominations that made it to the Senate Floor were given an up or down vote.
dmk | It just doesn't seem like this is something new... http://www.google.com/search?q=republican+filibuster
The question is why aren't there 3 or 4 more parties in the mix. | |
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Originally Posted by hevusa It just doesn't seem like this is something new... | The filibuster has been around for a long time. It's kinda tough defining the cause of a filibuster, but I believe its the first time it was used by a party (Democrats), to stop a nomination. Quote: |
Originally Posted by hevusa The question is why aren't there 3 or 4 more parties in the mix. | Maybe it's time for change? | |
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