Bolton: What Happens Next
Bolton: What Happens Next
Ordinarily, there would be a vote to send Bolton’s nomination to the floor with a favorable recommendation. Since Sen. Voinovich said he would vote against that, it would fail, 9-9. Sen. Lugar may not even bother.
Lugar will likely have a committee vote to send Bolton’s nomination to the full Senate without recommendation. Voinovich said he would vote for that. Assuming everyone else sticks to party lines, this will pass 10-8.
Bolton’s nomination will then go to the full Senate. Sens. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Voinovich are likely to vote against the nomination. If all Democrats vote against Bolton that means there are 47 votes opposing. Four other Republicans would have to persuaded to vote against Bolton to block his confirmation.
Or, there could be a filibuster.
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I don’t think Dems should filibuster. We should save our fire for the Supreme Court.
May 12th, 2005 at 12:54 pmThanks for the explanation. I wasn’t clear on the fact that there was a difference between voting for recommendation and voting without recommendation. (I thought the tie would mean it goes to the floor w/out recommendation)…
May 12th, 2005 at 1:11 pmI would think after the last minute revelations they would be smart enough to withdraw the nomination all together.
May 12th, 2005 at 1:27 pmJust do it! This will be a little baby fili compared to the hack Bush nominates for SC. I don’t even want to imagine who they have in mind – Bork again, Bjork, Dobson, Ted Olson, Joe Scarborough, Rick Scarborough, JEB, Hager, Haggard ??????????
May 12th, 2005 at 1:35 pmI think that the dems should stick aganist bolton and the one or two republipukes voting against bolton should convince other senators to do the same
May 12th, 2005 at 7:51 pm