Cloture Vote In U. S. Senate Re Samuel Alito Filibuster - The 20 Democrats, You Can Blame, Are Named! -RI8

Cloture Vote In

U. S. Senate

Re Samuel Alito

Filibuster –

The 20 Democrats,

You Can Blame,

Are Named!






filibuster

   1. A long, often irrelevant speech given in order to delay progress or the making of a decision, especially at a committee or senate
   2. a freebooter, or mercenary soldier

Verb

to filibuster (intransitive or transitive)

   1. To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body
   2. To take part in a private military action in a foreign country
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Filibuster


cloture (plural clotures)

   1. A motion of a legislature used to halt debate on an issue and put it to a vote.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloture




Tabacco: A “NO” vote on cloture allows filibuster to continue, in effect halting the nomination process.  A “YEA” vote on cloture limits debate, prevents filibuster and, since Republicans control the Senate, guarantees that Samuel Alito will be confirmed as Sandra Day O’Connor’s replacement on the Supreme Court.

41 “YEA” Votes and “Non Votes” are required to defeat cloture, allow filibuster and in effect stop Alito.

Voting “YEA” on Cloture, then “NO” on the actual confirmation is a disingenuous, political move by Senators, who should be defeated in the next primary when they come up for reelection to the Senate.  A brief description of this act is “hypocrite”.  Democrats, henceforth known as Hypocrites, will be designated by Tabacco with the letter “H” next to their names on the Roll-Calls.  These hypocrites “H” are no better than those Democrats, who vote “YEA” on cloture and “YEA” on Alito’s confirmation.  Tabacco refers to these Democrats as Turncoats and designates them with the letter “T” next to their names on the Roll-Calls.  For all practical purposes, these two categories are synonymous.

Democrats, not voting, designated as “NV” are also virtually synonymous with Hypocrites “H” and Turncoats “T”, although their non-votes do not add up to the 60 required to stop Filibuster.  Defeat of these “NV” Senators at their next primary election is not therefore automatically called for, based on this “non vote” alone.



U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00001#position

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture On The Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. of New Jersey, To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court)
Vote Number:     1    Vote Date:     January 30, 2006, 04:40 PM
Required For Majority:     3/5    Vote Result:     Cloture Motion Agreed to
Nomination Number:     PN1059
Nomination Description:     Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New Jersey, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Vote Counts:
                         YEAs    72

                         NAYs    25

                         Not Voting    3

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---72
Akaka (D-HI)
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)

Baucus (D-MT)

Bennett (R-UT)

Bingaman (D-NM)

Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burns (R-MT)
Burr (R-NC)

Byrd (D-WV)

Cantwell (D-WA)

Carper (D-DE)

Chafee (R-RI)***
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)

Conrad (D-ND)

Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
Crapo (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)

Dorgan (D-ND)

Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Graham (R-SC)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)

Inouye (D-HI)

Isakson (R-GA)

Johnson (D-SD)

Kohl (D-WI)

Kyl (R-AZ)

Landrieu (D-LA)

Lieberman (D-CT)

Lincoln (D-AR)

Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)

Nelson (D-FL)

Nelson (D-NE)

Pryor (D-AR)

Roberts (R-KS)

Rockefeller (D-WV)

Salazar (D-CO)

Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

19 Democratic

Senators voted

“YEA”.  If only

15 of these 19

“Democrats” had

voted “NO”,

Cloture would

have failed and

Filibuster would

have been achieved.

NAYs ---25

Bayh (D-IN)
Biden (D-DE)
Boxer (D-CA)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)


Not Voting - 3

Ensign (R-NV)
Hagel (R-NE)

Harkin (D-IA) “NV”





FINAL SENATE VOTE:

SAMUEL ALITO

CONFIRMATION
http://www.c-span.org/congress/alito_senate.asp


Jan. 31, 2006     Final Senate Vote

Republicans     Vote          Democrats      Vote
Alexander (TN)      Y           Akaka (HI) N “H”
Allard (CO)            Y           Baucus (MT)N “H”
Allen (VA)              Y           Bayh (IN)         N
Bennett (UT)          Y           Biden (DE)      N
Bond (MO)             Y           Bingaman (NM)                                             N  “H”
Brownback (KS)     Y           Boxer (CA)      N
Bunning (KY)          Y           Byrd (WV)   Y “T”
Burns (MT)              Y          Cantwell (WA)                                            N  “H”
Burr (NC)                Y           Carper (DE)                                               N  “H”
Chafee (RI)N***           Clinton (NY)      N
Chambliss (GA)      Y           Conrad (ND)                                           Y  “T”
Coburn (OK)           Y           Dayton (MN)      N
Cochran (MS)         Y           Dodd (CT)          N
Coleman (MN)        Y           Dorgan (ND)                                            N  “H”
Collins (ME)            Y           Durbin (IL)          N
Cornyn (TX)            Y           Feingold (WI)      N
Craig (ID)                Y           Feinstein (CA)     N
Crapo (ID)               Y           Harkin (IA)                                               N  “NV”
DeMint (SC)            Y           Inouye (HI)                                              N  “H”
DeWine (OH)          Y           Johnson (SD)                                          Y  “T”
Dole (NC)                Y           Kennedy (MA)     N
Domenici (NM)        Y           Kerry (MA)           N
Ensign (NV)             Y           Kohl (WI) N  “H”
Enzi (WY)                Y           Landrieu (LA)                                              N  “H”
Frist (TN)                 Y           Lautenberg (NJ)   N
Graham (SC)           Y           Leahy (VT)           N
Grassley (IA)            Y           Levin (MI)            N
Gregg (NH)              Y           Lieberman (CT)                                           N  “H”
Hagel (NE)               Y           Lincoln (AR)                                            N  “H”
Hatch (UT)               Y           Menendez (NJ)    N
Hutchison (TX)         Y           Mikulski (MD)      N
Inhofe (OK)              Y           Murray (WA)        N
Isakson (GA)            Y           Nelson, Ben (NE)                                         Y  “T”
Kyl (AZ)                    Y      Nelson, Bill (FL)                                           N  “H”
Lott (MS)                  Y           Obama (IL)          N
Lugar (IN)                 Y           Pryor (AR)                                         N  “H”
Martinez (FL)            Y           Reed, J. (RI)       N
McCain (AZ)             Y           Reid, H. (NV)      N
McConnell (KY)        Y           Rockefeller                                 (WV)   N  “H”
Murkowski (AK)        Y           Salazar (CO)                                      N  “H”
Roberts (KS)            Y           Sarbanes (MD)    N
Santorum (PA)         Y           Schumer (NY)      N
Sessions (AL)          Y           Stabenow (MI)      N
Shelby (AL)              Y           Wyden (OR)         N
Smith (OR)               Y              
Snowe (ME)             Y           Independent    
Specter (PA)            Y           Jeffords (VT)        N
Stevens (AK)           Y              
Sununu (NH)           Y              
Talent (MO)             Y              
Thomas (WY)          Y              
Thune (SD)              Y              
Vitter (LA)                Y              
Voinovich (OH)        Y              
Warner (VA)            Y    
Republican Chaffee of RI
voted "YEA" on Cloture -
Republican coward***

Note that even with 15 of the original 19 Democrats, who voted “YEA” on Cloture, voting “NO” on Confirmation, Alito was still confirmed.  If they had voted “NO” on Cloture instead, the 2nd Vote would never have occurred.  The 15 Hypocrites, cowardly Democrats with “H” next to their names are particularly disgusting.  These 15 are indicative of why Democrats are perceived as weak and incapable of leading.  Tabacco will follow these 15 Hypocrites and work assiduously to defeat them in their next primaries.

Harkin of Iowa, the one “Non Voting” Democrat coward, voted “NO” in the actual confirmation.  He will be scrutinized closely – Mr. Harkin, you have not escaped notice through your duplicitous political maneuvering.  We know who you are!


Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. completed his testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Photo: David Scull for the New York Times




Once again, the

Media and

the Liberals got it

wrong.  It’s

not what Alito will

do to “Roe

V. Wade”; it’s what

he will do for

George W. Bush his

domestic spying,

warmongering

and other

nefarious deeds. 

Can you spell

“Patriot Act II”?

T.A.B.A.C.C.O.  (Truth About Business And Congressional Crimes Organization)

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