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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:28 PM Original message |
AP: GOP Blocks Gonzales No-Confidence Vote. Cloture vote fails 53-38. |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Democrats couldn't block ANYTHING when they were the minority party. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. They did a better job when the Senate was 51/49, not so much when it was 55/45 |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Senate can pass nothing without first having a cloture vote which requires 60 votes. Do the math. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Question is, why didn't it work like this a year ago |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 08:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Am not sure what you mean. Cloture votes are always required for Senate to proceed to vote, unless |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 12:15 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. My issue is the tactics or lack thereof |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:57 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. count the votes |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-13-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. ...then you don't bring up the bill |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
23. They only need 40 votes |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Goodgawdalmighty |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. WTF? What the hell is the matter with the Dems? |
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Totally Committed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's all the DINOs, I think... |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 06:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. not really...we need repub votes to break a filibuster |
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snowbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. It's just what Schumie wanted.. and------ |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. If the tables were turned, the party that impeached Clinton |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:20 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. The House CAN impeach. |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Not attempting to twist or rewrite history. And I never said |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. R's paid a price for that witch hunt, remember? |
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Zandor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. 55 < 60 |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. Is simple math lost on you? |
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Hart2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Stop wasting time! Impeach the SOB! |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. or stick him on a desert island? |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
10. Geez, Lieberman voted NO! |
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jenmarie (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Obama and Dodd |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Biden didn't show up either. n/t |
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jenmarie (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Right! |
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ElizabethDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Exactly - and we're far enough out from the primaries that candidates can reschedule campaign events |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. If ALL Dems voted for cloture, plus the 7 Republicans--that still adds up to only 57. Do the math. |
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ihelpu2see (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-11-07 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
17. Harry Reid needs to strip Joe LIEberman of any caucus positions he holds |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Lieberman will just joing the Republic Party if Reid does that |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Call the prick's bluff |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. I agree, just not with removing his committee assignments` |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. And then we lose Majority status. |
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ProudDad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
22. Gee, now why the fuck didn't the Dems |
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enough already (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. It was all part of an elaborate strategy, remember? |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 08:28 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Because Bush is still the President. |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-12-07 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
35. I'm not sure.. |
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