[But a spokesman for Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was less enthusiastic, saying Roberts has] suitable legal credentials. ... needs to demonstrate to the Senate that he has a commitment to core American values of freedom, equality and fairness. |
[Cheney] did what he needed to do, but these guys have taken secrecy to a whole new level. |
[Reid's aides said yesterday that their boss decided on the dramatic, attention-grabbing ploy because he was weary of GOP foot-dragging on a promised inquiry by the Senate intelligence committee into the Bush administration's handling of prewar intelligence on Iraq.] We'd had enough press conferences and requests, public and private, ... Now it was time to act. |
[The White House had no comment, except to point to Bush's past statements rejecting a withdrawal timetable, a position shared by Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.).] Like other members of the caucus, he's been calling for some benchmarks from the administration to measure progress, ... but he is opposed to setting a date certain for withdrawal, concerned that would undercut the troops. |
A nominee more extreme than Judge Roberts would be unacceptable to the Democratic caucus, ... You could expect a major fight on the Senate floor. |
a troubling new allegation which needs to be fully investigated at the time of the hearing. It's already an extremely troubling nomination because of her long-standing hostility to the basic rights of American workers. |
All the actions that Senator Reid took were consistent with his long-held beliefs, such as not letting tribal casinos expand beyond reservations, and were taken to defend the interests of Nevada constituents. |
All they're doing is delaying the inevitable. We will report this out tomorrow and send it to the floor for a vote. |
As the FEC has stated, at the time the contributions were received, the recipients had no reason to believe they were improper. |
At a time when we have so many other pressing issues facing the country, I'm not sure where this falls in the list of priorities. |
Congressman Sensenbrenner needs to do what's right for Americans and agree to let the bipartisan Senate bill pass promptly. |
Down is up, ... and up is down. |
Frustrations are beginning to bubble out a little bit, |
He has his ground operation in place; he's got his fund-raising in place. We're confident that the Democrats are going to be competitive with the Republicans. |
He's not a back-slapping hail-fellow-well-met kind of guy, ... if you need someone to go to a press conference or to be on the Senate floor, he's always been there. |