[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9146-9147]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            NEW AXIS OF EVIL

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, we all know about the axis of evil. Iran 
and North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons is frightening, and we 
need to do everything we can do to stop it.
  But now there is a new axis of evil, apparently, and it starts right 
here in Washington. The axis of evil for this administration is bull's-
eye, square one, the United States Senate and the 45 members of its 
minority. Because while not yet a nuclear State, that is exactly what 
the Republicans want to make it by eliminating the filibuster rule.
  Not only does the Republican Party demonstrate yet again that when 
they do not get their way, they do not believe in playing fair, they 
want to change the rules. When they cannot change the rules, their 
leadership bullies judges and pushes legislation that has no business 
being in the United States Congress and is left best to the States. 
When that does not work, they eliminate the voice of the minority and 
appoint, for lifetime appointments, to the Federal and supreme Court.
  Let us remember that Democrats in the United States Senate combined 
represent more Americans than do their Republican colleagues.
  We have a proud history of an independent judiciary and checks and 
balances. That is something that Iran and North Korea cannot say. If 
Bill Frist gets his way, it is something we will not be able to say, 
either.

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