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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 05:22 PM
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lets review the Republican bipartisanship, shall we???
Edited on Wed Jan-03-07 05:27 PM by LSK

June 17, 2005 | Forced to the basement of the U.S. Capitol and prevented from holding an official hearing, Michigan Rep. John Conyers defied Republicans and held a forum Thursday calling for a congressional inquiry into the infamous British document known as the " Downing Street memo. "

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/06/17/forum/index.html



Panel Chairman Leaves Hearing
Sensenbrenner Ends Patriot Act Meeting as Democrats Plug On


By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, June 11, 2005; Page A04

After repeated criticism of the Bush administration, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee yesterday gaveled a hearing to a close and walked out while Democrats continued to testify -- but with their microphones shut off."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/10/AR2005061002110.html



GOP May Target Use of Filibuster
Senate Democrats Want To Retain the Right to Block Judicial Nominees


By Helen Dewar and Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, December 13, 2004; Page A01

As speculation mounts that Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will step down from the Supreme Court soon because of thyroid cancer, Senate Republican leaders are preparing for a showdown to keep Democrats from blocking President Bush's judicial nominations, including a replacement for Rehnquist.

Republicans say that Democrats have abused the filibuster by blocking 10 of the president's 229 judicial nominees in his first term -- although confirmation of Bush nominees exceeds in most cases the first-term experience of presidents dating to Ronald Reagan. Describing the filibusters as intolerable, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has hinted he may resort to an unusual parliamentary maneuver, dubbed the "nuclear option," to thwart such filibusters.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59877-2004Dec12.html


Im sure Im missing more but these are just a few glaring examples I PERSONALLY WITNESSED while watching CSPAN. Feel free to add more.
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 05:27 PM
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1. I watched Conyer's basement investigation from gavel to gavel
My gawd the GOP even tried to shut it down because the witnesses were addressing Conyer's as 'Chairman'.

That was typical bi-partisanship GOP style.

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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 05:52 PM
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2. Hell, even McCain commented on the way they behave
Before he started his full-time job of polishing Bush's butt. He once said something to the effect that "If they ever take over, I hope they don't treat us the same way we've treated them."
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-03-07 08:01 PM
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3. kick
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