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Politics : I Will Continue to Continue, to Pretend....
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To: Sully- who wrote (25124)2/5/2007 4:07:50 PM
From: Sully-  Read Replies (3) of 35834
 
"Obstructionism"

Power Line

The Senate may take its first vote on the Warner/Levin anti-"surge" resolution as early as later today. Republican leaders in the Senate are trying to block a vote on the Warner resolution through a filibuster, unless the Democrats also permit votes on two competing resolutions. Dianne Feinstein says that blocking a vote on Warner/Levin would be a "terrible mistake:"

<<<"It's obstructionism," said Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. "This is not tolerable in a situation where it's the number one topic in the nation, and the Republican party prevents the Senate of the United States from debating." >>>


That's a lot of obfuscation crammed into a couple of sentences. The purpose of a filibuster is not to "prevent the Senate from debating," but rather to prevent the Senate from voting. The Dems can debate to their hearts' content. And with respect to voting, the Republicans aren't necessarily averse to voting on Warner/Levin, they just want the other resolutions to come before the Senate as well. It's hard to see what's "obstructionist" about that.

And Feinstein tries to differentate the Republicans' "obstructionism" from the Democrats' use of the filibuster when Republicans controlled the Senate, e.g. to block judicial nominations. Feinstein says the filibuster is improper here because Iraq is the "number one topic in the nation." That may be true, but the nonbinding resolutions at issue aren't the number one topic; on the contrary, unlike judicial nominations, they have no practical impact at all.

UPDATE: The cloture vote on the Levin/Warner resolution is scheduled for 5:30 eastern time. Republican leadership reportedly expects its caucus to hold firm on insisting that amendments and/or competing resolutions be permitted. Ongoing negotiations could lead to a procedural resolution either before or after the scheduled vote.

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