http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOAKBjYNHW0

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOAKBjYNHW0

[edit]Fixed link.

Nice editing job, and note the democrats are reading from prepared notes to the empty chamber. Also if you know the Senate rules the only thing that was blocked was unanimous consent, not a vote. Obviously someone wants someone else to have to go on the record with an up or down vote.

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thats the way they roll. I was going to say, "who is that woman acting as the President of the senate" I forgot that when the US VP is out of town or chooses not to be in the Senate chambers, the Senators choose the lowest ranking Senator to fill in. And yes they were attempting to put on record a message that BP is being protected by the Republican members of the Senate. the republican house members can vote yes on the item because they are fully aware that their colleagues in the senate will vote it down. Senators will do the same to the house. they know they can pass the buck and have a clean slate. Claiming they were for legislation that they clearly weren't for and then point the finger at the other house. I hate this type of political dishonesty.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

They do serve their masters with vigor, don't they?

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I do not fight fascists because I think I can win.
I fight them because they are fascists.
Chris Hedges

A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

So how big a disaster do we need before we get to see the politicians being honest rather than playing yet more games?

Or do they all aspire to being Nero as Rome burns?...


It's our only planet,
Martin

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So how big a disaster do we need before we get to see the politicians being honest rather than playing yet more games?

Or do they all aspire to being Nero as Rome burns?...


It's our only planet,
Martin

Politician == Playing games.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOAKBjYNHW0

[edit]Fixed link.

Nice editing job, and note the democrats are reading from prepared notes to the empty chamber. Also if you know the Senate rules the only thing that was blocked was unanimous consent, not a vote. Obviously someone wants someone else to have to go on the record with an up or down vote.

Hmm, not so sure about the "editing job", the Senate record is pretty clear:

Congressional Record 111th Congress (2009-2010) Page S5654

and:

Congressional Record 111th Congress (2009-2010) Page S5655

The result of the objection to "unanimous consent" was that the items under discussion stay in Committee/kept their current place on the Calendar and did not immediately go before Senate for a vote.

From S5654:

UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST—S. 3462
Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 3462, a bill to provide subpoena power to the national commission on the British Petroleum oilspill in the Gulf of Mexico, and that the Senate then proceed to its consideration; that the bill be read three times, passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that any statements relating to the measure be printed in the RECORD, with no further intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Mr. DEMINT. Madam President, on behalf of other Members of the Republican conference, I object.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
tion is heard.
The Senator from New Hampshire.
UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST—H.R. 5481
Mrs. SHAHEEN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 442, H.R. 5481, a bill to give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling; that the bill be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
This is legislation that passed the House 420 to 1.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Mr. DEMINT. Madam President, on behalf of other members of the Republican Conference, I object.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

The distinction between the objection blocking only "unanimous consent" and "a vote" is lost on me. Blocking the first resulted in the second, unless I'm missing something.

FYI, June 30th, the day Mrs Shaheen requested "unanimous consent" was the most recent day of Senate business, the next one will be on July 12th. Good to see our elected representatives don't mind holding up the President's ability to conduct an investigation for another couple of weeks. I wonder if BP have used the extra shredder time wisely.

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I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that ...

The distinction between the objection blocking only "unanimous consent" and "a vote" is lost on me. Blocking the first resulted in the second, unless I'm missing something.

No. It simply means the committee will have to do its job, which it failed to do before the Independence day break, and issue a report on the bill. Then the bill can be considered by the full Senate. And everyone can vote in favor.

FYI, June 30th, the day Mrs Shaheen requested "unanimous consent" was the most recent day of Senate business, the next one will be on July 12th. Good to see our elected representatives don't mind holding up the President's ability to conduct an investigation for another couple of weeks. I wonder if BP have used the extra shredder time wisely.

Ah, you are beginning to get the import. Was this bill important enough to keep the committee members out of their home states over the break so they can't campaign? Remember it is ALWAYS ABOUT RE-ELECTION.

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