[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 23885-23886]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



        UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST--NOMINATION OF BONNIE CAMPBELL

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, as I have done every day we have been in 
session, I ask unanimous consent to discharge the Judiciary Committee 
from further consideration of the nomination of Bonnie Campbell, the 
nominee for the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; that her nomination be 
considered by the Senate immediately following the conclusion of action 
on the pending matter; that debate on the nomination be limited to 2 
hours equally divided; and that a vote on her nomination occur 
immediately following the use or yielding back of that time.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. At the request of the majority leader and in 
my individual capacity as a United States Senator, I object.
  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, every day I raise it and every day the 
Republican majority objects. It is still a shame that Bonnie Campbell 
has been tied up in that committee since May. She has had her hearing. 
She has done a great job running the Violence Against Women office. 
Everyone agrees on that. She would be an outstanding circuit court 
judge. No one doubts her qualifications. Yet the Judiciary Committee 
refuses to report out her name.
  It is really a disservice to her and to our country, and it is really 
a disgrace

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on this body that her name continues to be bottled up in the Judiciary 
Committee.
  I thank the Chair and yield the floor.
  Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SMITH of New Hampshire. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent 
that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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