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Senate Votes To Invoke Cloture On Nomination Of Harold Koh
At about 11 this morning, the Senate voted 65-31 to invoke cloture on the nomination of Harold Koh to be the State Department's legal adviser. You'll be able to see the roll call here momentarily.
Once cloture is invoked, debate is limited to 30 hours after which a vote on confirmation is required. And according to Laura Rozen, Republicans are threatening to use up all 30 hours. So it may take another day before Koh is officially confirmed.
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Now that wasn't so bad was it, Harry? if you would only do this more often and actually make these GOP Senators debate for 30 hours striaght. Hopefully, there is more of this planned so you can get some shit done, Harry!
June 24, 2009 12:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Approximately my thoughts too.
June 24, 2009 1:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Preach it. I don't know why Harry doesn't push them. And if cloture isn't passed, then make the GOP fillabuster. Just flat out fuck 'em.
John
June 24, 2009 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
To "now that wasn't so bad was it Harry?".......
I have a smile on my face. Love your thought.....and I secong the motion. More of Harry working this way. The republicans need a lesson or two in how to think and the Dems need the backbone.
June 25, 2009 4:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
Harry must have borrowed Nancy's cahonas.
June 24, 2009 12:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd make 'em use those 30 hours overnight. Rub their noses in it.
June 24, 2009 12:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Better yet, schedule the debate for Friday & Saturday nights with a vote on Sunday a.m.
June 24, 2009 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow a cloture vote
June 24, 2009 12:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let 'em use all 30 hours. Please. There will be fewer Republicans on the cable shows as a result.
Where did Harry find his backbone, anyway?
June 24, 2009 1:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is it backbone he found or 65 votes?
June 24, 2009 1:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Excellent point. You're right. He found 65 votes. The backbone is probably still MIA.
June 24, 2009 1:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Next: Dawn Johnsen, please.
June 24, 2009 1:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
A 65-31 margin for Koh makes me extremely optimistic about the possibilities with Johnsen.
June 24, 2009 2:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Haven't heard news on her in about a month.
June 24, 2009 6:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Too bad he doesn't put that kind of effort making sure those who torture and promote torture pay consequences.
Oops, sorry... he needs their support for his other agendas...
June 24, 2009 2:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Cojones, but yeah ;-)
June 24, 2009 2:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
balls, no balls, like him or not Harry did what he said he would, at least this time.
June 24, 2009 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thought some Senate parliamentary expert established on TPM last year that a filibuster doesn't actually require someone to "read the phone book" to exercise the filibuster blocking function. You just have to establish that the 60 votes aren't there, and that's it. Strom Thurmond only did it in order to make a spectacle of himself over the issue of racial integration - it wasn't required in order to exercise the filibuster.
It's time we got rid of this anti-democratic (with a lower-case "d") rule.
June 24, 2009 6:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good. Let them talk for 30 hours. Then at hour 5, start dripping to the media how the Republicans are stalling important legislation for petty personal grievances and repeat it until hour 31.
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June 24, 2009 10:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Better 2-1/2 years late than never. Apparently even some Republicans voted for cloture; I wonder which way "Broken" Reid voted -- after all, he seems to see himself permanently as the Senate Minority Leader.
The Republicans have made it very explicit that they are the Party of Nope and have no interest in participating in any plausible way. Whether or not our poster child for Stockholm Syndrome agrees, the Dems should continue to make the Republicans put their mouths where their mouths are and let the public judge who has nothing to say yet insists on saying it.
June 24, 2009 11:54 PM | Reply | Permalink