No Filibuster For Alito
Posted on January 27, 2006
Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito enjoys sufficient bipartisan support to surmount any Senate filibuster attempt by minority Democrats, Senate leaders said Friday.
A final vote making the New Jersey jurist the nation’s 110th Supreme Court justice is scheduled for Tuesday, hours before President Bush gives his State of the Union address to Congress and the nation.
Democrats and Republicans alike said the 55-year-old conservative jurist will get more than the 60 votes need to cut off debate on the Senate floor Monday.
“Everyone knows there are not enough votes to support a filibuster,” Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Friday. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said the same thing on Thursday. “A bipartisan majority will vote to confirm Judge Alito as Justice Alito,” Frist said.
Alito’s supporters already have those commitments, with 53 of the Republicans’ 55-member majority and three Democrats _ Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tim Johnson of South Dakota and Ben Nelson of Nebraska _ already publicly supporting his confirmation as the replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.Source
The filibuster idea really seems to have democrats confused. Oh well, maybe next time Kerry.
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I agree that there will be no filibuster. The cloture vote will succeed and Alito will be confirmed.