Prominent Republican favors an "up or down vote " on judicial appointees

[SoCalDem]

:evilgrin:

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It's time for up-or-down vote
By Bill Frist
All 100 members of the U.S. Senate will soon decide a basic question of fairness. Will we permit a fair, up-or-down vote ...? Or, will we create an unprecedented 60-vote requirement for the confirmation of ... judges? I sincerely hope that it is the former.

Our Constitution grants the Senate the power to confirm or reject the president's judicial nominees. In exercising this duty, the Senate has always followed a careful and deliberate process of examining the nominees through hearings, discussing their merits in committee, debating them in the full Senate and then coming to an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor. We investigate, we debate, and then we decide.

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These filibusters of judicial nominations injure the administration of justice and our nation's political culture.

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It is time to vote.

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It is my hope that, after the Senate has decided this question, we can return to a greater spirit of bipartisanship and meet other pressing priorities. At the same time, this is an issue that must be addressed, and soon.


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Of course things were different in 2005:)

[Blue_Tires]

1. fuck 'im

[HopeHoops]

2. Up or down vote - IF the president is a Republican dumb fuck

These things ALWAYS seem to come with conditions, eh?