YEEHAA! Pryor blocked!

[trof]

Pardon my Rebel Yell, but my own dear sweet AG, Bill Pryor, has been blocked by the mean ol' Dems for a seat on the court of appeals.
Awwwww
:-(
BTW, Zell Miller (D, GA) and Ben Nelson (D. NE) are the only 2 DINOs who voted for him.

Pryor blocked from U.S. Appeals Court by Democrats


July 31, 2003 - Senate Republicans today lost their third attempt this week to push one of President Bush's judicial nominees through the Senate, with Democrats blocking conservative Alabama Attorney General William Pryor from the U-S Appeals Court.

http://www.msnbc.com/local/WPMI/D-C90F835D-9BC1-4D30-9884-FFB16A09549C.asp?0na=x22244B2-

[molly]

1. Is this it? Can they try again?

this is such good news!

[Green Mountain Dem]

6. good news but not GREAT news....

It was just a vote for cloture which reqiuires 60 affirmative votes..they will try again and again and again...until Hatch and Frist play the nuclear card and change the procedure. Then it will be HORRIBLE news !!

[trof]

9. Article didn't mention cloture

but here's the rule:
Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.

[gristy]

2. I am wondering...

BTW, Zell Miller (D, GA) and Ben Nelson (D. NE) are the only 2 DINOs who voted for him.

So did all the R's vote for him? Is only a majority needed? So how did this block occur?

[molly]

3. They needed 60 votes

[trof]

4. True molly, and

I think it's a one-shot deal.
He won't be back.
:party:

[Cha]

7. they've tried to push priscilla owens through for 3 times.

and lost everytime.

[Pastiche423]

13. Din't they recently

bring up Estrada AGAIN? (They din't get a 2/3 vote on him again either.)

Our Dems are fighting.

[AP]

16. Pastiche, who's the guy you hate Edwards over?

The name has slipped my mind.¥

[Pastiche423]

19. I do not hate Edwards

I hate his vote for D.Brooks Smith.

[seemslikeadream]

17. Yesterday was Estrada 7th time up at bat

and Orrin can bring all of them back as many times as he wants and as long as he wants to waste the time.

[goobergunch]

23. All the Repukes voted "aye"...

but they only had 53 votes, short of the 60 required to invoke cloture.

[Cha]

5. You can "rebel yell" all you want!!

Thanks for fighting, Dems!

And as for zellmiiler and bennelson...why don't you go wash yourselves?

[molly]

8. BTW - I sent my senators a thankyou email!!!

hint-hint

[blm]

10. Yell it, trof....

this is GREAT news.

[PapaClay]

11. trof, with our luck here in 'Bama,

he'll end up Chief Justice of the ASC after Roy gets elected Guv. In which case the nation should thank us for not inflicting the rest of the country with either of them.

[trof]

14. aw, ya made me cry

:-(
Welcome Papa, where ya at?
I'm in Foley.
:hi:

[PapaClay]

15. Hunts Vegas

Another transplant who married a native, learned the Skynyrd lyrics, and lived happily ever after :) (at least as of this writing). I go through Foley on the way to Gulf B-) Shores. We couldn't be too much farther apart and still be in 'Bama!

[trof]

20. I think we have another DUer

in the Rocket City.
I don't get the Hunts Vegas reference.
Y'all got a casino up there?

[PapaClay]

21. None that I know of

It's just a nickname I picked up from some musician friends. Probably a jab at our nightlife and music scene as compared to Atlanta & Nashville.

on edit: Of course based on our relatively broad diversity and the presence of liberals, bars, movies and a few adult shops, Mr Pryor would no doubt pick either Sodom or Gommorha.

:evilgrin:

[LizW]

18. Ahhhrrgh! Don't say that out loud!

It's too awful! (And likely)

Hey, all you Alabamians!:hi:

This is good news! Too bad we still have to put up with Pryor here, but at least he can do less harm as our AG than as a Federal Judge.

[rock]

12. Wahoo

Good news.

[ikojo]

22. At least the Dems in the Senate have convictions....

If Gephardt (my favorite whipping boy) was in the Senate he probably would have abstained from voting. G-d forbid he vote against a right-winger! It may alienate the Klan vote in Missouri!

DISCLAIMER: Portions of the above (the references to the Klan vote in MO) were intended as sarcasm. To the best of my knowledge the Klan has not endorsed Gephardt.


;)