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Apr. 20th, 2005 09:15 amTired of the pope coverage, I flipped to CSPAN last night and came across the committee meeting yesterday for the confirmation of John Bolton. I have to say it was the most riveting thing I've seen on television in quite a while. It was amazing to see that this is my government in action.
Lugar really was trying to strongarm the committee into taking a vote immediately to send the nomination to the Senate floor. One of the senators said he was "truncating" debate; "stifling" would have been a better word. Thank goodness for good people like Dodd and Biden, and also Voinovich, who was the reasoned and principled conservative voice of the day.
Lugar really was trying to strongarm the committee into taking a vote immediately to send the nomination to the Senate floor. One of the senators said he was "truncating" debate; "stifling" would have been a better word. Thank goodness for good people like Dodd and Biden, and also Voinovich, who was the reasoned and principled conservative voice of the day.