January in the Senate
Posted by Moonage on 23 Dec 2005 | Tagged as: National Politics
Some members of Senate wanted more time to get the bugs worked out of The Patriot Act. Congress said let’s take a year or so. The Senate decided that was too long. So, they said let’s take six months. Congress decided that as well was too long and said let’s take one month. The Senate more or less said OK, that’s all we need. The President said enough of this silliness, come back next month.
Now, this is what January looks like for those Senators that after four years, decided they needed more time to work the bugs out before voting.
January
| M | T | W | Th | F | Sat | Sun |
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Starting January 9th, the Alito confirmation begins. Some of those very same Democrats promising filibusters on the Department of Defense and The Patriot Act are promising a filibuster on Alito as well. Now, granted the schedule moves perfectly, we got no problem. One filibuster and the whole thing becomes a mess.
January will be very interesting in the US Senate.
( For what it’s worth, I don’t have a problem with them arguing the merits of the bill itself. But, I HATE filibusters. One kid holding his breath does not make for good government. )
2 Comments »
on 23 Dec 2005 at 10:41 am 1.StormWarning
said …
I see that I was wrong about Congress reconvening on January 23rd…or is the House on a different schedule?
on 23 Dec 2005 at 12:45 pm 2.Moonage
said …
They both have their own schedules. However, as we’ve seen in the last few days, they have to work in tandem. In order to get the Patriot Act passed by 2/3, it’ll have to be approved by both houses. However, both will be debating the Alito confirmation, which some Democrats have already stated they tend to obstruct. Being as that is previous to the Patriot Act debate, that could cause some serious timing issues to say the very least. As polarized as people think Congress has been the last couple of years, I see some real tempers flaring next month.