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To: LindyBill who wrote (61292)	12/12/2002 2:46:56 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

The Senate's track record on these nominees over the last year and a half was deplorable. I love the blatant hypocrisy of this one, given the Republicans record on senate confirmation issues during the Clinton administration. They best come up with a better argument than this one. Oh, I see, further down in the article, we are informed that the Dennis Shedd nomination cracked all this open and the Nov 02 elections turned on it. Great group of journalists they've got at that venerable institution, the Washington Times. Talk about seeing things through blinders. Oh, now I see; it's just a columnist. Well, we can forgive them that. As for serious stuff, this columnist claims the dems might filibuster. No doubt, he has no idea and, perhaps, is floating it to try to blame them for something. I'm not certain votes on judicial nominees can be filibustered. If they can, I certainly hope the Dems organize some doozies. If they cannot, then it should be much more difficult to block the nominations because it would be necessary to filibuster other senate business. That, in turn, would require finding something to filibuster that the Reps want badly but won't hurt the Dems by opposing.

To: LindyBill who wrote (61292)	12/13/2002 12:47:39 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Any idea of how this money was shared by each party historically? When the Democrats were in control of the Senate for 40 years how was the committee money shared? Here is an article on a subject near and dear to both of us. I think he has laid out the options correctly. "Roll Call" is reporting that the Dems may try to obstruct the Senate being formed until they get a compromise on their share of the committee money. The Repubs are planning a 2/3rds, 1/3 split. The Dems want 1/2. From your favorite Newspaper. :^)