Aw, too bad, Jeff...

[EriktheRed]

...your hypocritical flilbuster didn't work.

Filibusted​

In their quest to thwart President Obama, Republicans do not fear the hobgoblin of consistency.

For much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, now the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, led the fight against Democratic filibusters of George W. Bush's judicial nominees. He decried Democrats' "unprecedented, obstructive tactics." To have Bush nominees "opposed on a partisan filibuster, it is really wrong," he added. He demanded they get "an up-and-down vote." He praised Republican leaders because they "opposed judicial filibusters" and have "been consistent on this issue even when it was not to their political benefit to do so."


So now a Democratic president is in the White House and he has nominated his first appellate judicial nominee, U.S. District Judge David Hamilton. And what did Sessions do? He went to the floor and led a filibuster.

washingtonpost.com


And just how did the vote go? Well....

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 1st Session

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


Vote Summary

Question: On the Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit. )
Vote Number: 349 Vote Date: November 17, 2009, 04:37 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Motion Agreed to
Nomination Number: PN187
Nomination Description: David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit
Vote Counts: YEAs 70
NAYs 29
Not Voting 1

 

[rightwinger]

Does this really surprise you?

 

[uscitizen]

A few of the republicans saw what was coming and were smart enough not to do the nuclear option on the dems. They knew it would flop on them.

Many are just partisan stooges though.

We will not hear a lot about obstructionism in congress from the MSM unless Republicans get back in control again though.

 

[EriktheRed]

Does this really surprise you?

No, it's just fun to laugh about.

 

[California Girl]

Ya know what I think is funny?

That these fucking idiots that we fucking fools keep electing are bankrupting us and you guys are concerned about a fucking vote.

In 10 years time - 2019 - our debt is predicted, by our own government, to be £24.5 trillion. Right now, it's $12 trillion. That doesn't include this ridiculous health care bill, btw.

This leads me to the conclusion that Americans are stupid.