[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 9721-9722]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      FILIBUSTER ARGUMENT A FRAUD

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, this weekend, respected 
columnist Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post correctly revealed 
the Senate Democratic filibuster of judicial nominees as a fraud.
  He thoughtfully researched that one of the great traditions, customs, 
and unwritten rules of the Senate is that we do not filibuster judicial 
nominees. Only once in 200 years has a filibuster been successful, and 
it reflected uniquely a lack of votes for confirmation.
  Senate Majority Leader Frist is to be commended for maintaining the 
constitutional case for an up-or-down

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vote. Democrat obstructionism is a radical deviation from allowing 
Senators to vote on nominees who are highly qualified. Senator Frist is 
courageously protecting the American people to take an unwritten 200-
year-old rule to make it written.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops and we will never forget 
September 11.

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