Huff Po: GOP Senator Pens Obstruction Manual For Health Care

First Posted: 12- 2-09 03:37 PM | Updated: 12- 2-09 04:47 PM

Sen. Judd Gregg, (R-NH) has penned the equivalent of an obstruction manual -- a how-to for holding up health care reform -- and has distributed the document to his Republican colleagues.

Insisting that it is "critical that Republican senators have a solid understanding of the minority's rights in the Senate," Gregg makes note of all the procedural tools the GOP can use before measures are considered, when they come to the floor and even after passage.

He highlights the use of hard quorum calls for any motion to proceed, as opposed to a far quicker unanimous consent provision. He reminds his colleagues that, absent unanimous consent, they can force the Majority Leader to read any "full-text substitute amendment."

And when it comes to offering amendments to the health care bill, the New Hampshire Republican argues that it is the personification of "full, complete, and informed debate," to "offer an unlimited number of amendments -- germane or non-germane -- on any subject."

The details of Gregg's outline are a clear reflection of the extent to which Republicans are turning to the Byzantine processes of the Senate chamber as a means of holding up reform. And doing so with eagerness. Take for instance, the section on offering a "point of order."

Did you expect less from the Party of No? 

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/02/read-it-gop-senator-pens_n_377386.html

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GOP Sen. Judd Gregg To Vote For Sotomayor

 

 The Wise Latina

WASHINGTON — Republican New Hampshire senator Sen. Judd Gregg says he'll vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, breaking with most of his fellow Republicans. Republican Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri will also vote for Sotomayor.

Nearly three-quarters of the Senate's Republicans have said they'll vote against Sotomayor, including all but one of the party's leaders. She is expected to be easily confirmed in a vote expected as early as Thursday.

The NRA is also opposed to Sotomayor although the judge has never made a ruling that pertained to firearms. 

source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/05/sen-judd-gregg-to-vote-fo_n_252377.html

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