Senate votes to end debate, vote on judge's nomination (81-18)

[Freddie Stubbs]

Associated Press
May 24, 2005 SENATE0525

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Tuesday to end years of delaying tactics that blocked the nomination of Priscilla Owen to a federal judgeship, the first fruit of a bipartisan agreement to break the logjam over President Bush's judicial choices.

The vote was 81-18 with opponents of the Texas Supreme Court justice falling well short of the 60 needed to continue their filibuster. A vote to confirm Owen could come as early as Tuesday.

more: http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5420792.html

[zbdent]

1. Yep, no "bias" in that first sentence

from the "liberal media".

Didn't she get a vote before?

[BR_Parkway]

3. Were they having a filabuster?

[LisaM]

2. Is there a roll call list?

Who are the Dems who voted for this?

[The White Tree]

17. Here's the Yahoo link to the Roll Call

<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050524/ap_on_go_co/senate_rollvote_filibuster_fight_1>

[Itsthetruth]

4. Senate Votes To End Filibuster On Owen

This was just announce on CNN. Only 18 Senators voted against cloture on Priscilla Owen.

That's the first result of this wonderful "deal" to end filibusters against Bush's nominations.

I'll post a news story link from CNN or other news sources as soon as one appears on the internet.

[getmeouttahere]

5. Ok, who are they, let's get a roll call

[rodeodance]

6. hey-it is already on DU

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1496353

[insane_cratic_gal]

7. this means she'll get her up and down

which we knew.

Now the test comes to see if she'll be confirmed or not.

[Itsthetruth]

9. Here's A News Link

Senate votes to end filibuster on Owen
By Jim Abrams

May 24, 2005 | WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted Tuesday to end years of delaying tactics that blocked the nomination of Priscilla Owen to a federal judgeship, the first fruit of a bipartisan agreement to break the logjam over President Bush's judicial choices.

The vote was 81-18 with opponents of the Texas Supreme Court justice falling well short of the 60 needed to continue their filibuster. A vote to confirm Owen could come as early as Tuesday.

Owen, nominated to a seat on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has been blocked four times by Democratic filibusters in the four years since Bush first nominated her early in his first term.

But this time she benefited from an agreement reached by seven Republican and seven Democratic senators, reached Monday, that opened the way for yes-or-no votes on some of Bush's stalled nominations while protecting the future right of Democrats to use the filibuster to block nominees they feel are out of the mainstream.



http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2005/05/24/owen/

[whistle]

8. Now we'll see if she gets voted in or not and who votes for.....

...and who votes against her.

[ticapnews]

10. The roll call isn't up yet, but when it is it will be here:

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_109_1.htm

Vote 00127 was the cloture motion. The roll call is not there yet.

[4_Legs_Good]

11. This was part of the deal, right?

They get their end of debate vote for 3 nominees?'

So no surprises here, right?

Any chance Owen will be rejected?

david

[goobergunch]

12. Roll Call Vote #127 Posted

Roll No. 127 Ex. (2005)

On the Cloture Motion
Nomination of Priscilla Richman Owen (TX) to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit

YEA  81
NAY  18
NV    1

Biden, Boxer, Cantwell, Corzine, Dayton, Dodd, Dorgan, Feingold, Jeffords, Kennedy, Kerry, Lautenberg, Levin, Lincoln, Murray, Reed (RI), Sarbanes, and Stabenow voted in the negative. Inouye did not vote.

[renaissanceguy]

13. Of course Hillary voted Yea

Anyone who calls her a liberal or even moderate is an IDIOT. Where was she this whole time???


http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.21272075

[Freddie Stubbs]

14. Perhaps she was just following Senator Byrd's lead,

as he is the expert on Senate history and procedure.

[Dhalgren]

16. Exactly! Just like she followed his lead in condemning the

Iraq invasion! Oh...wait...

[Freddie Stubbs]

20. No, she was probably following the lead of

John Kerry, considering his experience as a combat veteran, an expert on defense policy, and a likely Presidential nominee.

[Dhalgren]

21. Oooo, Fred, you're probably right...

[LisaM]

15. Phew! My senators voted correctly.

Actually, the Senators from my home state (Michigan) and my current state (Washington) are all on the good side.

[TahitiNut]

18. "Democrats" voting Yea ...

Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Byrd (D-WV)
Carper (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Conrad (D-ND)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Obama (D-IL)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Schumer (D-NY)
Wyden (D-OR)

Inouye (D-HI) was the sole "Not Voting."


I'm somewhat mollified that neither Levin nor Stabenow (!) voted 'Yea.'

[WeRQ4U]

19. Of Course....

Kent Conrad voted yes. He's such a DINO prick. At least Dorgan stuck to his guns. I like that guy more and more every day.

[Orangepeel]

22. "the 60 needed to continue their filibuster" That's not right.

They need 40 to continue the fillibuster, 60 to break it. That's why filibusters protect minority rights.

[On the Road]

24. You Beat Me to It

That's just incompetence. And it has the added "advantage" of making Democrats look even more woefully outgunned than they really are.

[DawnneOBTS]

23. At least...

both of my senators, Corzine and Lautenberg voted no, along with my president John Kerry.