Roll Call reports Democratic leaders "once again are considering holding the Senate in a series of pro forma sessions to stop President Bush from using the break to install any of his outstanding executive branch nominees." That move "comes as speculation mounts that Bush will use the period to push through some controversial appointments while Senators are out of town for the two-week period." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) "could all but block the president from doing so, however, if he opts to call the chamber into nonvoting sessions every three days - thus doing away with an extended recess."
Who will get the duty of nipping up to the Hill and proclaiming the empty room open is up in the air. No one expects them to beat Metcalf's 15-second runner, alleged to have occoured during his tenure in the 70s.
I suspect this is due to Holsinger as the Surgeon General nominee.
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(Not so) Good to see that even this dishonest lame duck President can still find the energy to muster up every sneaky tactic in Karl Rove's "Executive Branch for Dummies."
SirNitram wrote:
No one expects them to beat Metcalf's 15-second runner, alleged to have occoured during his tenure in the 70s.
I would have you elaborate on this, as it is a story I have not heard before nor am able to google.
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SirNitram wrote:
No one expects them to beat Metcalf's 15-second runner, alleged to have occoured during his tenure in the 70s.
I would have you elaborate on this, as it is a story I have not heard before nor am able to google.
The late Sen. Lee Metcalf, a Democrat from Montana who lived on the Hill, used to race himself back in the 1970s to see how fast he could accomplish this -- once got it down to about 15 seconds, we hear.
From This WaPo article. It also explains the origin of the Pro Forma session, as a sneaky way to let the Senate mump off for a while without permission of the House.
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Out Of Context theatre: Ron Paul has repeatedly said he's not a racist. - Destructinator XIII on why Ron Paul isn't racist.
