Raw Story must read-list of Senators and how they have fillibustered

[LEW]

Nominees. Great stuff!!!! The list was put together by dems. So glad to see them really standing up.

http://rawstory.com/exclusives/byrne/democrats_open_fire_filibuster_509.htm

[Czolgosz]

1. That's great. Here were some favorite highlights --

SENATOR ALLARD’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster three Clinton nominees – two for judicial appointments: Marsha Berzon and Richard Paez. Also voted to filibuster executive nominee David Satcher.

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

SENATOR BROWNBACK’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster three Clinton nominees – two for judicial appointments: Marsha Berzon and Richard Paez Also voted to filibuster executive nominee David Satcher.

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

SENATOR BUNNING’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster two Clinton judicial nominees: Marsha Berzon and Richard Paez

SENATOR CRAIG’S RECORD

• Voted to filibuster 13 Clinton nominees (executive and judicial): Walter Dellinger, Janet Napolitano, Sam W. Brown (twice), Derek Shearer, Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), Marsha Berzon, Richard Paez and five State Department nominees.

• Two of these votes for filibusters were for judicial nominees: Berzon and Paez

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

SENATOR DEWINE’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster three Clinton nominees (executive and judicial): Henry Foster (twice), Marsha Berzon and Richard Paez

• Two of the filibuster votes were for judicial nominees: Berzon and Paez to the 9th Circuit on 3/8/00.

• Voted to block two nominees: Marsha Berzon and Richard Paez

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

SENATOR DOMENICI’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster 10 Clinton executive nominees: Walter Dellinger, Sam W. Brown (twice), Derek Shearer, Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), and five State Department nominees

• Voted to filibuster the nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to the Appellate Court in 1980.

• Voted to filibuster the nominations of William A. Lubbers and Don Alan Zimmerman to the NLRB in 1980.

SENATOR ENZI’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster three Clinton nominees (judicial and executive): David Satcher, Marsha Berzon, and Richard Paez.

• Two of the filibuster votes were for judicial nominees: Berzon and Paez to the 9th Circuit on 3/8/00.

SENATOR FRIST’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster one Clinton judicial nominee: Richard Paez.

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

SENATOR HATCH’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster 11 Clinton executive nominees: Walter Dellinger, Janet Napolitano, Sam W. Brown (twice), Derek Shearer, Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), and 5 State Department nominees.

• Voted to filibuster the nomination of Melissa F. Wells to be Ambassador to Mozambique in 1987.

• Voted to filibuster the nomination of C. William Verity, Jr. to be Secretary of Commerce in 1987.

• Voted to filibuster the nominations of William A. Lubbers and Don Alan Zimmerman to the NLRB in 1980.

Senator Hatch: “…the confirmation process is not a numbers game, and I will not compromise the Senate's advice and consent function simply because the White House has sent us nominees that are either not qualified or controversial. There are a range of factors which make a nominee controversial or difficult to confirm, such as lack of experience or questionable information contained in materials not in the public domain or in their past records that may be at variance with the proper role of judges in society.” <144 Cong Rec S 12962, Oct. 21, 1998>

Blocked the nomination of Clinton nominee, Helene White to the 6th Circuit-Michigan

Blocked the nomination of Clinton nominee, J. Rich Leonard to the 4th Cir. - NC,

Blocked the nomination of Clinton nominee, Ricardo Morado, to the SDTX

None of these judicial nominees received a vote.

SENATOR INHOFE’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster four Clinton nominees (executive and judicial): David Satcher, Henry Foster (twice), Marsha Berzon and Richard Paez

• Two of those votes in support of filibusters were cast in the nominations of judicial nominees: Berzon and Paez.

SENATOR LOTT’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster 11 Clinton executive nominees: Walter Dellinger, Janet Napolitano, Sam W. Brown (twice), Derek Shearer, Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), and 5 State Department nominees

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

Senator Lott coined the phrase "nuclear option" while he was the Republican Majority Leader

Senator Lott was in no rush to confirm judges when he served as Majority Leader. Lott has said:
• "When I go to my state or around the country, the last thing I hear people clamoring for is more lifetime-tenured federal judges."
• "Do I have any apologies? Only one: I probably moved too many judicial nominations already."
• "When the Democrats think that all the President has to do is to kick up some appointments to the Federal judiciary and that we're just gonna take 'em whole hog and pop 'em right out...well, that's not my intent."
• "There are not a lot of people in our states saying, Give us more federal judges. ... I am trying to move this thing along, but getting more federal judges is not what I came here to do."

Trent Lott believed there were enough judges on the DC Circuit in 1997: ”It is my belief that this court of appeals is more than adequately staffed based on the number of cases pending on the court's docket. . . . I think as compared to others certainly they have more judges than they need.”

Lott blocked an up-or-down vote for Clinton nominee, H. Alston Johnson to the 5th Circuit-Louisiana. According to the Baton Rouge Advocate, Johnson’s nomination “died at the Senate Judiciary Committee, a casualty of both the Republican slowdown on confirming President Clinton's nominees and also a power play by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss. Lott doesn't object to Johnson, apparently. He's simply blocking all action on 5th Circuit nominees until a Lott-recommended candidate gets another open seat on the appeals court.”

SENATOR LUGAR’S RECORD:

• Lugar voted against cloture on the nomination of now Justice Stephen Breyer for the Circuit Court on 12/9/80.

• Voted to filibuster 10 Clinton executive nominees: Walter Dellinger, Sam W. Brown (twice), Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), David Satcher and five State Department nominees

SENATOR MCCAIN’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster 11 Clinton executive and judicial nominees: Walter Dellinger, Sam W. Brown (twice), Derek Shearer, Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), H. Lee Sarokin and five State Department nominees.

• Senator McCain has twice voted against cloture for judicial nominations: H. Lee Sarokin to the Third Circuit on 10/4/94, and Richard R. Clifton to the 9th Circuit on 7/18/02.

SENATOR SANTORUM’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster two Clinton executive nominees: David Satcher and Henry Foster (twice).

• Voted to block two Clinton judicial nominees: Marsha Berzon and Richard Paez.

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

Santorum Blocked Clinton Nominees From Receiving Up-Or-Down Votes:

Santorum admits blocking three District Court nominees. Santorum has admitted blocking the nominations of John H. Bingler Jr., Lynette Norton, and Robert Freedberg, all of whom were nominated by President Clinton for seats on the District Court.

Santorum blocked President Clinton’s Circuit Court choice. “In February of 2000, Santorum stopped a Clinton appeals court nominee -- then-U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Cindrich, whom Clinton had named to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.”

SENATOR SHELBY’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster five Clinton nominees (executive and judicial): H. Lee Sarokin, David Satcher, Henry Foster (twice), Marsha Berzon, and Richard Paez.

• Three of those filibuster votes were cast against judicial nominees: Sarokin, Berzon and Paez.

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

SENATOR SPECTER’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster seven Clinton nominees: Walter Dellinger, Sam W. Brown (twice), Marsha Berzon, Richard Paez and 5 State Department nominees

• Voted against cloture on the judicial nominations of James Harvie Wilkinson, III to the Fourth Circuit on 7/31/84, and for the nomination of Edward Carnes to the 11th Circuit on 9/9/92.

SENATOR WARNER’S RECORD:

• Voted to filibuster 10 Clinton nominees: Walter Dellinger, Sam W. Brown (twice), Derek Shearer, Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), and 5 State Department nominees.

• Voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on Richard Paez’s nomination, after the Republican filibuster was broken by a cloture vote to end debate.

• Voted against cloture on the nomination of Stephen G. Breyer to the Court of Appeals on 12/09/80

[LittleClarkie]

2. Oh perfect

I'll go print that out.

[dbackjon]

3. Janet Napolitano

Filibustered by 9 Current Republican Senators - she is now the highly respected Govenor of Arizona.




Also - note that most of the Republicans that show no filibuster activity were not in office during Clinton's terms.

[bonzotex]

4. but FOX told me it was unprecedented?

Billy Frist, Orin, Tommy D, an lil' Scottie must have just been a lil confused when they kept repeating that filibustering judges was unprecendented. Now that the Press has a handy reference guide, I'm sure they will correct people when they mis-speak on this issue. No one would tell a fib when the truth is out there for all to see. Would they?

[9119495]

5. LEW, you magnificent bastard. Nice post

This is the kind of stuff letters to the editor are made of. I'd been waiting for this because I lacked the time and energy to find it on my own.

[Al-CIAda]

6. kick

[stevedeshazer]

7. Senator Hatch

From the RawStory article:

Senator Hatch: “…the confirmation process is not a numbers game, and I will not compromise the Senate's advice and consent function simply because the White House has sent us nominees that are either not qualified or controversial. " October 21, 1998

From a column Senator Hatch wrote dated January 12, 2005 (National Review): http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/hatch200501120729.asp

<snip>

"These unprecedented and unfair filibusters are distorting the way the Senate does business."

[melissinha]

8. I see a letter about Hutchison coming out of this...

Oh the hypocrisy.

I feel a letter to the Austin American Statesman coming on about our very own Kay Bailey Hutchinson.... Thanks for the info.
I say we quote Frist, try to find quotes on the issue from our Senators and inform the populace that Frist is not telling the truth.

Kay Hutchinson (TX)

Hutchinson blocked two Circuit Court nominees to the 5th Circuit, leaving open the seat Republicans are now trying to hand to Priscilla Owen. Hutchinson blocked Jorge Rangel and Enrique Moreno, both of whom were nominated for the 5th Circuit.

SENATOR HUTCHINSON’S RECORD:


• Voted to filibuster 11 Clinton executive nominees: Walter Dellinger, Janet Napolitano, Sam W. Brown (twice), Derek Shearer, Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), and 5 State Dept nominees en bloc.

[gumby]

9. What does this mean?

"...has never voted against cloture on a nominee."

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

11. I think that means that that Senator has never

voted to filbuster a nominee. A lot of the Senators are freshman and rookie Senators (Coleman, Coburn, Graham, Dole, Thune, Talent, etc), and came in under Bush, so they couldn't have voted to filbuster nominees.

[Lone_Wolf_Moderate]

10. OK, let me go ahead and ask a stupid question:

Why doesn't the media report this? The question is stupid, because we KNOW why they don't report it.

[wicket]

12. because it's the liberal media, silly

;) Sheesh, if this and the Downing Street memo doesn't prove once and for all the media is not "liberal" I don't know what will.

[manly]

13. filibuster

Shove it down their throats.
Senator Hatch: “…the confirmation process is not a numbers game, and I will not compromise the Senate's advice and consent function simply because the White House has sent us nominees that are either not qualified or controversial. There are a range of factors which make a nominee controversial or difficult to confirm, such as lack of experience or questionable information contained in materials not in the public domain or in their past records that may be at variance with the proper role of judges in society.” <144 Cong Rec S 12962, Oct. 21, 1998>
You got it right, Senator. It was true then, and it's true now. Remember what you said.

[Nothing Without Hope]

14. TOTAL NUMBERS of blocked judicial nominees are important too - SEE

THIS VIDEO CLIP of Russert catching Sen. George Allen in what surely looks like a lie about this. He really nails him - I was surprised to see such rough treatment of a US Senator on national TV:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1757515
Thread title: "VIDEO CLIP: See Senator George Allen Get Blasted by Russert on FILIBUSTER"

This thread is great, LEW - thanks for posting this! So important to get this info out.

[onenote]

15. need help with cloture/filibuster question

the summary of info gives examples of repubs voting to filibuster and also of them voting against cloture...is there a difference? I didn't think senators voted to filibuster...it just happened and that by voting against cloture (i.e. voting against cutting off debate) the effect was a vote "for" a filibuster...

Anyone able to clear this up?

onenote

[wicket]

16. does anyone if this include the "Blue Slips" too?

:kick:

[TruthHunter]

17. Hatch is a complete hypocrite

Here's a link to Hatch's recent editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune.
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_2721531
Quote:
I have never supported filibustering judicial nominations. Not once have I even voted against cloture on a judicial nomination - in other words, out of 33 opportunities to end debate on both Republican and Democrat nominees, I always sided with those who wanted to vote up-or-down.

Here is the editorial I wrote in response:
Senator Hatch's column on Sunday, May 8 arguing against the filibuster was quite enlightening to me. When I read the Senator's bold statement that the filibuster has not and should never be used to block Presidential nominees, I was surprised. So, being a curious citizen, I checked out his statements. The fact is, many senators have used the filibuster to block Presidential nominees - and Senator Hatch is no exception.

SENATOR HATCH’S RECORD:
• Voted to filibuster 11 Clinton executive nominees: Walter Dellinger, Janet Napolitano, Sam W. Brown (twice), Derek Shearer, Ricki Tigert, Henry Foster (twice), and 5 State Department nominees.
• Voted to filibuster the nomination of Melissa F. Wells to be Ambassador to Mozambique in 1987.
• Voted to filibuster the nomination of C. William Verity, Jr. to be Secretary of Commerce in 1987.
• Voted to filibuster the nominations of William A. Lubbers and Don Alan Zimmerman to the NLRB in 1980.
Senator Hatch: “…the confirmation process is not a numbers game, and I will not compromise the Senate's advice and consent function simply because the White House has sent us nominees that are either not qualified or controversial. There are a range of factors which make a nominee controversial or difficult to confirm, such as lack of experience or questionable information contained in materials not in the public domain or in their past records that may be at variance with the proper role of judges in society.” <144 Cong Rec S 12962, Oct. 21, 1998>

Let the Senator's record speak for itself.

[efhmc]

18. Thank you so much for supplying the names of these complete

hypocrites.