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March 04, 2005
I Am Starting To Like My Senator
Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) points out that former KKK member Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV) is being inconsistent and hypocritical when he compares Republicans to Nazis. Here is part of Sentor Cornyn's statement, "In fact, Sen. Byrd is often credited with pioneering the Senate procedure he now derides as a denial of free speech and a threat to our liberties. Recall that it was Sen. Byrd who led the charge to establish new Senate precedents in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1987 - including a number of precedents that were designed specifically to stop filibusters and other delay tactics that were previously authorized under Senate rules or prior precedents: In 1977, Senator Byrd led the establishment of a new precedent in order to break a post-cloture filibuster on a natural gas deregulation bill, stating: “I make the point of order that when the Senate is operating under cloture, the Chair is required to take the initiative under Rule XXII to rule out of order all amendments which are dilatory or which on their face are out of order." That precedent contravened prior precedent, which would have required the Chair to await a point of order from the floor."
Posted by Pete at March 4, 2005 01:47 PM
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