Thursday, July 20, 2006
Ted Kennedy massages the Congressional Record on the Voting Rights bill; Harry Reid finishes up. Thank Heaven for Dr. Tom Coburn.
You just knew he would be heard from on the Voting Rights bill. Now he is dumping a great deal of stuff into the Congressional Record at the last minute. Why? Kennedy is creating legislative history for judges to use to rule on this bill the way he wants them too.
Kennedy has thus badly damaged those in the GOP who argued that the Senate should simply pass this bad bill and then have judges fix the problem. This "let George do it" strategy didn't exactly work on campaign finance reform.
Senator Tom Coburn R-OK) did try to amend the Voting Rights bill in committee yesterday, after spending the previous day working hard on the Senate floor on an unrelated issue. The Coburn amendment was swatted down on a voice vote. But the effort was made.
Reid just now: "Thankfully we listened to Democrats." What he means is that the legislation the Senate is getting ready to pass is crafted to ensure many more Democrats will be elected, by hook or crook.
Reid now appears to want to add John Lewis as a name of the bill.
Now Leahy has asked for a roll call vote, which would close debate, even though Senator Frist has not been allowed to offer any remarks refuting Kennedy, Reid or anyone else.
Senate Democrats understand hardball and have been playing it for almost thirty years. Someday, Senate Republicans will learn to play that game.
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