[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 18, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H3544]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  REPUBLICAN QUEST FOR ABSOLUTE POWER

  (Mr. BROWN of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROWN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, President Bush, Senator Frist, and 
the majority leader, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DeLay) are in a 
quest for absolute power in Washington, even if it means corrupting our 
government and the vision of our Founding Fathers.
  The White House has manufactured a judicial crisis. Since the 
President took office, the Senate confirmed 208 of his judicial 
nominees and turned back only 10, a 95 percent confirmation rate. That 
rate is the highest approval rating for any President in modern times, 
higher than Reagan, Bush Senior and Clinton. The President presides 
over the lowest court vacancy rate in 25 years.
  But 95 percent is not good enough for this White House. They want to 
have it all. That is simply not how it is supposed to work, and America 
sees this for what it is, an extreme power grab by the majority party. 
Our country knows that our country works best when no political party 
has absolute power.

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