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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: geode00 who wrote (46765)5/16/2005 9:28:19 AM
From: longnshort  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
Checks and balances
    "The misinformation being spread about the current abuse of the filibuster to block U.S. judicial nominations is awesome. Given the importance of the fight, however, it is not surprising," the Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader said yesterday in an editorial.
    "The idea that the Senate Democrats are merely employing the 'checks and balances' built into our system of government is hogwash and insulting to the intelligence of the American people," the newspaper said.
    "It is our three distinct branches of government -- executive, legislative and judicial -- that hold each other in check and balance. What the Democratic Party is doing is to misuse the filibuster rule so that a minority in the Senate can frustrate that branch from its constitutional duty of providing 'advice and consent' to the president on appointments.
    "How can the Senate advise the president if it cannot even be allowed to vote on his nominations?"
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