Senate Schedule for the Rice debate/vote tomorrow

[goobergunch]

This is taken from the Senate Executive Calendar.

Ordered, That at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 26, 2005, the Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Condoleezza Rice, to be Secretary of State, with 60 minutes of debate divided in the following order: Senators Lugar, Biden, Boxer, Byrd, Reid, Frist, and concluding with Senator Lugar or his designee for the last 5 minutes;

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/executive_calendar/xcalv.pdf

There will also be a period of morning business from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM tomorrow, and I wouldn't be suprised to see Senators talking about the Rice nomination then as well.

Just a heads up.

[cestpaspossible]

1. I hope we'll hear from Kerry

[LittleClarkie]

2. Is he standing back because he's already had his say in committee

But then, so did Boxer. Did they ask him to stand back?

I hope we hear from him too even though we know how he feels already.

[cestpaspossible]

3. Not in a speechifying way, though.

is that a word?

[LittleClarkie]

4. It must be a word. It got your meaning across

Worked for me, anyway.

If he can get his dander up, Kerry in a speechifying mode can be quite awesome. Otherwise, even I will admit he drones, God love him.

[Robbien]

5. Are you sure he is even in town?

An article in the Australian press said he is in Davos rubbing elbows with the rich and powerful

"Aside from U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, the most senior American politicians doing business on the slopes this week will be Sens, Bill Frist, John McCain and John Kerry.

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=46a834035b61a74c

[cestpaspossible]

6. Yeah, I'm sure. Time is a continuum of the past, present, and future.

It's important to be able to distinguish between the three, however.

[LittleClarkie]

7. Maybe, maybe not

It sounds like people jet in and out for the thing. I would hope he'd vote, then jet.

Holy crap, though, that must be one heck of a place to conduct slope diplomacy. Did you see the list? Jacques Chirac, Tony Blair, John Kerry, Viktor Yushchenko. Whoa nelly. Big boys.

[zann725]

8. Sounds like our Shadow President is busy again.

I'd rather he was busy in the White House instead.

Wonder if he'll stop by Auschwitz on Thursday, for the 60th Anniversary. I hear Bushco's sending Cheny.

[LittleClarkie]

10. Oh good

They can have a barbeque.

[Clarkie1]

9. I guess we'll see if Reid is a real "leader" tomorrow

If he becomes another Republican doormat, can we have a popular democratic party uprising and demand that Boxer or one of her fellow patriots be appointed our democratic senate leader.

This party belongs to US.

[Hailtothechimp]

11. I'd love to see somebody launch a filibuster tomorrow.

Doubt it will happen, though.

He point has been made, I hope.