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To: JohnM who wrote (639)	5/8/2003 8:56:12 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) of 794001

'A Legislative Nuclear Bomb' Wow! This would really be nasty! Some Republican senators are considering a parliamentary maneuver to stop Democrats from filibustering judicial nominees, reports the Hill newspaper: Under the most likely scenario now under discussion, [Republicans] would secure a ruling from the chair that Senate Rule XXII does not apply to executive submissions to the Senate--and that includes judicial nominees. Rule XXII provides for unlimited debate on all legislative issues that reach the floor unless three-fifths of the Senate calls a halt. With such an approach, a favorable ruling from the chair on limiting the scope of Rule XXII could stand after only a simple majority approved it. . . . One drawback of this proposed tactic is that it might destroy whatever is left of the working relationship between Democrats and Republicans. That is why some legislative experts liken the parliamentary tool to a legislative nuclear bomb. Does it strike anyone else that likening such a thing to a nuclear bomb is an absurdly overwrought analogy? opinionjournal.com

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