Category: Senate

Cloture? NO! »

Waiting on the final count, but Captain Ed has 53 voting against. More than enough to kill this farce.

Tags: Illegal Immigration, Senate

First Cup 06.28.07 »

Give a frontiersman coffee and tobacco, and he will endure any privation, suffer any hardship, but let him be without these two necessaries of the woods, and he becomes irresolute and murmuring. ~ U.S. Army Lt. William Whiting, 1849
Right Wing News (John Hawkins) The Prospects For The Amnesty Bill Today
Moreover, here’s something else you [...]

Good One Senator Sessions! »

I was watching paint dry on CSPAN2 just now with Senator Jeff Sessions speaking. He was making the point that experts in the area of immigration (former ICE, Homeland Security, etc.) are opposed to this bill. He said that, “perhaps we (the Senate) should listen to these experts. Experts, not radio show hosts, experts.” He [...]

First Cup 06.27.07 »

The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon
Welcome to a new princess. Probably not Leia if Mrs. Shackleford has any say in the matter.
I will be gathering links to posts that are discussing the Senate version of the “Shamnesty” bill and the amendments that will be offered over [...]

First Cup 06.26.07 »

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy 1st Blogiversary to:Ron’s Musings
If you have Ron on your blogroll, please update the link. It is now http://www.ronsmusings.com/
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Afghanistan’s Turn
The real story is that Democrats do not have the stomach to fight wars to victory. They will eventually start [...]

Off The Table »

The day’s second cloture vote has also failed.
The sharply divided Senate refused to limit debate on the fragile compromise hammered out by a bipartisan group of senators and the White House. The vote was 45-50, 15 short of the 60 votes needed to advance major legislation in the Senate.
As a result of the action, the [...]

First Cup 06.07.07 »

Coffee falls into the stomach … ideas begin to move, things remembered arrive at full gallop … the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters, similes arise, the paper is covered with ink… ~ Honore de Balzac
I’ve been spending much of my free time refreshing Michelle Malkins site where she is liveblogging the Senate debate [...]

First Cup 05.21.07 »

The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it. ~ Charles de Secondat Montesquieu
Happy 2nd Blogiversary to:Don SurberandLetters from NYC
The Truth Laid [...]