CNN Breaking 3:36 - Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss Censure

[Coexist]

they are going to investigate the Feingold's resolution.

[rodeodance]

1. Judiciary ummmmm.. Isn't that Roberts?? I think so!

[sabra]

3. that's Specter, Roberts is Intel Committee

[Tiggeroshii]

4. Specter

...is the chair of the judiciary committee. His history tells me he would be the most likely to investigate the issue. To what length of course, remains a mystery...

[Coexist]

5. *** Here is who is on the committee: ***

http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm

Arlen Specter - CHAIRMAN, PENNSYLVANIA

Orrin G. Hatch UTAH

Patrick J. Leahy - RANKING DEMOCRATIC MEMBER, VERMONT
Charles E. Grassley - IOWA
Edward M. Kennedy - MASSACHUSETTS
Jon Kyl - ARIZONA
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. - DELAWARE
Mike DeWine - OHIO
Herbert Kohl - WISCONSIN
Jeff Sessions - ALABAMA
Dianne Feinstein - CALIFORNIA
Lindsey Graham - SOUTH CAROLINA
Russell D. Feingold - WISCONSIN
John Cornyn - TEXAS
Charles E. Schumer - NEW YORK
Sam Brownback - KANSAS
Richard J. Durbin - ILLINOIS
Tom Coburn - OKLAHOMA

[Tiggeroshii]

11. If there is a vote to consider censure...

And Specter is in favor of it, what Republican is most likely to break the tie for the Censure?

[Greeby]

19. As anyone watched the John Roberts/Scalito hearings will tell you

The Judiciary Committee Republicans are the biggest ass-kissin Shrub-lovers in the Senate

[Tiggeroshii]

27. Lindsey Graham

...seemed to become swayed by the wiretapping forums and if there were a vote to start investigations, he would have went for it. As I understand, he was quite slandered during the 2000 primaries that recently, he really isn't the biggest fan of the president. Not as much as most pubs are at least.

[RufusEarl]

31. I agree about the butt kissing, But!

Specter is pissed at the WH. This might just work, and we may get the investigation we wanted. I'm staying optimistic about this one, for some reason i believe Specter wants to do the right thing.

[movonne]

29. From the look of this mess of Repubs, NONE...

[havocmom]

34. Biden?

:evilgrin:

[rodeodance]

12. thanks, Russ Feingold is a member. yippe

[Turn CO Blue]

35. Coburn, Brownback, Cornyn. Whackjob alert. n/t

[atreides1]

6. Not Roberts

Specter, not that it makes a big difference. Both are lapdogs for Bush!!!!

[rodeodance]

7. sorry, my mistake, Roberts/Rockerfeller are the Intell committee.

[Coexist]

2. Nothing on the AP yet - anyone hear anything else??

[babylonsister]

10. MSNBC; to take place next Friday. nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

56. It's not on the Committee schedule yet... but this is....

Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2006

9:30 a.m.
Judiciary
To resume hearings to examine war time executive
power and the FISA Court.
SH-219

[Generic Other]

8. Isn't Cantwell on that committee?

I plagued her over the censure. Maybe she'll be supportive? I won't hold my breath.

[rodeodance]

15. see post 5

[Generic Other]

20. Thanks

What a cast of characters...

[myrna minx]

9. Interesting.

Hmmm...is this something that Specter wants to sweep under the rug?

[Coexist]

13. to get a grasp on the Judiciary Committee - think about

the Supreme Court hearings before the vote went to the floor for debate.

[Tiggeroshii]

14. He's been very vocal lately

...about the wiretapping issue. He hasn't really done much, but this action certainly is encouraging

[renate]

22. KO said that Specter's been "drinking truth serum by the gallon"

Or something like that, I'm not sure of the exact wording, but I know that I sat up a little straighter and thought "Oh, goodie."

I thought it was a very encouraging comment from somebody who pays attention to the news for a living. I'd thought of Specter as being a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing--making outraged noises and then pooping out when it came down to taking real action about wiretapping.

[Tiggeroshii]

42. Specter'sbeen using some very unflattering descriptions of the Admin

...after Gonzalez had spoken to them, he said the Bush Administration was "smoking Dutch clenser." What makes me wonder is who's really smoking the dutch cleanser if it's clear the president broke the law and the chariman of the judiciary comittee doesn't do anything. Quite frankly I believe that if Specter does something too drastic, his colleagues will smear the crap out of him and he will soon lose his chairmanship. It's possible that his very slow, gradual progression could lead to somethign big. Either that or he's just having too much fun with his dutch cleanser and friends.

Let's hope latter's wrong...

:shrug:

[BR_Parkway]

47. Specter is old, sick and dying - this will be his legacy - do the right

thing or do a cover up - this is the only thing that he'll be remembered for.

[Tiggeroshii]

53. I think you're right

Hecertainly has morality on his side this time.

[BuyingThyme]

54. Specter's job is to make it all go away.

He's already held hearings on the spying, and they were literally nothing more than a collective fraud.

Specter's star witness, Chimp Gonzales, agreed only to testify about things that could arguably linked to al Qaeda. So, whenever he was asked about the crimes committed by Chimp Bush, he said, without saying, "That's a whole different program. I ain't talking 'bout that."

Specter is an enemy of this country. He will hopefully die in prison, with the Chimp people.

[AnnInLa]

16. This has got to be a scam

someone post what it is when it gets figured out!

[Coexist]

17. I thought they would let this die a slow death

one of two things are moving this forward:

1. Frist and Co. have decided they want a fast vote to get votes on record to embarass Feingold and the Democrats because they have discovered the votes are few.

2. They truly want to have a conversation about this to help distance themselves from Bush.

..I think #1 is more likely.

[LA lady]

25. #1

Frist announced that he wanted it out of committee and to a full Senate vote by next week. I am afraid he got HIS wish.

Has Reid said anything? Will he.........grrrrrr

[xray s]

18. Intereting timing

Just a few hours after the news broke that Bush tacked on another "signing statement" when he signed the Patriot Act.

Maybe he pissed off Spector?

[Just Me]

21. OH! please please please please PLEASE let this be a good thing!

P-L-E-A-S-E!!!! :hangover:

[rodeodance]

23. nothing on cnn tag runners either.

[rodeodance]

26. maybe Wolf will have something?

[Coexist]

28. Well, if they think the threat of a censure will energize their base

they are doing the right thing.

I am interested in the fact that Reid has not released a statement yet.

[fooj]

32. Truth is our most powerful weapon.

Come on you rat bastards...DO YOUR JOB!!!!!!!

peace.

[pstans]

24. Any links?

I can't find anything on CNN, MSNBC, or Yahoo. :shrug:

Abrams on MSNBC is opening his show talking about the police chief in Aruba and Natalee Holloway. :banghead:

[Coexist]

30. It was a "breaking news" on the t.v.

I am googling and website searching like crazy - AP, Dems, Knight Ridder, CNN, MSNBC - nothing.

[pstans]

37. I heard Wolfie just talk about it on CNN

[stillcool]

33. Move-On had an action alert yesterday....

maybe it helped?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2531494&mesg_id=2531494

[rodeodance]

36. Wolf saying sceduled a hearing only--Repugs may vote it down

[Coexist]

38. that is possible.

very possible.

[rodeodance]

39. the meeting next Friday is to discuss IF invest. is necessary

[rodeodance]

40. It was an opening teaser. maybe wil have a segment later?

[Coexist]

41. so when does the call-in campaign begin?!

:hi:

[Tiggeroshii]

43. ...which is by certain a good start!

...If it goes through.

But let's see if it will go further, yeah?

[ladjf]

52. "May vote it down". The understatement of the year.

They will jump on it, stomp it, pulverize and kill it at warp speed. "Them truthful documents can be lots of truble fer Bush. We'd best kill that thang fore it hurts somebody."

[Minnesota Libra]

44. Discuss Censure is one thing - Censuring Bush is another I'm..............

......I'm waiting for the final decision before getting excited about this.:argh:

[Tiggeroshii]

45. Before the final decision comes though

...there's gotta be somethign to incite it. Specter certainly seems like he's doing his best(despite possible threats by Republicans and so).

[Minnesota Libra]

46. Spector is still neocon so don't hold your breath any time soon. nt

[FogerRox]

48. WOOT WOOT WOOT for Russ

[FrenchieCat]

49. I don't like how this is going.....

Hearings on March 31st.....they end up voting NOT to censure....and then Bush will smell clean again to the unfortunate non-thinking mass called the voting public. If they end up voting TO censure.....Bush gets his hands spanked....and it's on with the show!

By way prior to mid-term election, the whole NSA spying issue is off the table, and Bush gets away, again.....even if it's with a miniature public spanking (which I don't think will win during a vote).

The American public have a very lousy memory.....and this censure will not turn out as we kinda of wanted it to.


That's how I see from here, anyways.....

I Hope I'm wrong!

[ladjf]

50. They will break speed records throwing this resolution under

the rug. Feingold will complain bitterly. The Republicans will dismiss that as anger.

[lovuian]

51. Whoah!!!

Its about freakin time!!!

[Voltaire]

55. PEOPLE THIS IS A FUCKING SETUP!!!

The Senate Judiciary is not going to investigate ANYTHING. They want to set Feingold up because he has been making inroads in the press the last couple of weeks. And they know that once you get the ass-kissing all-stars on the committee like Hatch and that fucking Jeff Sessions and that Texas ass-licker Cornyn going, the Democrats on the committee will NOT come to Feingold's aid. Is Biden gonna help him? Is Schumer? They wouldn't even come out when he made the call for censure and haven't since. When its over, the Rethugs will be able to prance out of the fucking room after dancing all over Feingold's corpse and proclaim to all the world that, "well, at least we had a hearing!!!!" And they will proclaim it all the way to November. THIS THING IS BEING SET UP BECAUSE SPECTER WANTS TO SLAP FEINGOLD IN THE MOUTH. Arlen Specter is not on your side. Don't ever think a republican is on your side. Ever.

[bpilgrim]

57. the longer they got to deny it, the better...

so russ takes one for the team, so what :shrug:

give'm hell Russ :toast:

peace