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Thats a lesson that sadly most of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle havent learned for the simple reason that theyve never really served a single day in the minority. So the majority has chosen to take us down this path. The Silver Lining is that there will come a day when roles are reversed. When that happens, our side will likely nominate and confirm lower court and Supreme Court nominees with 51 votes, regardless of whether the democrats actually buy into this fanciful notion that they can demolish the filibuster on lower Court Nominees and still preserve it for Supreme Court nom...

It, the senate would reach a point where we wouldnt be able to function. Well, i thought perhaps perhaps at that time i thought my words were a little apocalyptic. But as it turns out, they werent at all. And so this is a bright day for the United States senate and for our country to finally be able to move ahead on nominations so that any present not just this president , any president can put together his executive branch under our constitution. A president should have the people he or she wanted to form their executive branch. Every senator here gets to pick his or her own staff. We dont ha...

Ratification would solidify the strong u. S. Commitment to equal opportunity for disabled persons, protection for disabled americans abroad, wounded veterans. Greatear we missed a opportunity. Its my hope that we dont make the same mistake again. Mr. Secretary, this entire hearing strikes me as revisiting important fundamental issues that need to be asked and answered to reassure those of my constituents who have not heard yes yet. In your view, what is the response to critics who charge the sea rpd that would violate u. S. Sovereignty, and the Disabilities Committee would be empowered under t...

Lets be realistic. What can they do more to slow down the country . What could they do more than they have artie done to stop the senate from legislating . We have all been in congress for a long time. Three of us served in the house. Senator murray has been in the senate for a long time, as have other senior members of the senate. We came here to get things done. All this happy talk coming from my republican friends harry, we know you are right. I say, why dont you vote why do you vote the way you do . They vote together on everything. It is only to discourage the president of the United Stat...

The president pro tempore are there other senators wishing to vote . If not, by the vote of 57yeas and 43 nays, the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Patricia Ann Millett is. Mr. Reid i that all votes for the Supreme Court is by majority vote. The president pro tempore under the rule the. Mr. Reid i appeal the rule. Mr. Mcconnell parliamentary inquiry. The presiding officer is it correct under the bipartisan provisions of s. Res. 15 adopted earlier this year that postcloture debate time on a District Court nomination is limited to two hours before an upordown vote is required under...