Dems turn up heat on chairman

[Robbien]

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) yesterday filed a resolution calling on the House to condemn Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) for his actions at a rancorous hearing on the USA Patriot Act last week.

Although the resolution, which must be voted on within two legislative days, is expected to fail on a party-line vote, it does land the prickly chairman back on the defensive. It is the second time in six weeks that Sensenbrenner has found himself the target of a Democratic revolt.

. . .

Sensenbrenner abruptly gaveled the hearing to a close Friday over cries of protest from Nadler and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). Parliamentary practice in the House generally requires that the committee chairman adjourn on motion or without objection, neither of which was the case Friday.

Democrats continued to make statements and witnesses continued to offer testimony after Sensenbrenner had left the room. C-SPAN cameras were still rolling as the committee’s majority staff rushed to turn off microphones and lights on the Democrats, prompting the television crews to break out boom mikes.

The hearing was one of a dozen the Judiciary Committee has held on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, but it was the only one to feature solely witnesses put forth by the panel’s Democrats.

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/061505/dems.html

[Don Claybrook]

1. Thank god. I thought this was going to be a Dean hit piece

But it's Sensenbrenner. Cool! Nazi shithead.

[BattyDem]

4. LOL!

We posted at the same time. Damn! I was worried, too! :rofl:

[Don Claybrook]

10. It looks like several of us had the same thought

as soon as we saw the headline. It's a conditioned response by now: oh yeah, they're attacking Dean again...Republican or Democrat this time?

It's nice to see Howard Dean just keep boring straight ahead.

(sorry about the thread hijacking. I yield the floor)

[NightOwwl]

5. Me too!

Whew, what a relief!

[jillan]

7. Me TOO

I was getting all defensive.

I heard Senselessbrenner wasn't even suppose to be at that meeting.
He heard what was going on and ran in to shut it down.

[Inland]

18. Me too! What a nice surprise!

[othermeans]

22. Me too! But look Dean is rubbing off Dems are finding their spines

[Arkana]

23. Exactly what I thought

Glad to see it's Sensenbrenner and not Dean.

[BattyDem]

2. I saw the title of your thread and I thought ...

they were going after Dean! What a relief! :-)

[Rainscents]

6. Same here! LOL

[sasquatch]

16. Me too

I was ready to kick pink tutu ass
:rofl:

[PassingFair]

21. Holster your DINO-GUN, sasquatch..

Don't shoot til you feel the bites of their lies.....

;)

[sasquatch]

24. Ok, but the first one I see is mine

:evilgrin:

[Rainscents]

3. Do senate needs 60 votes to pass this bill? Patriot Act 2?

[XemaSab]

8. Not THE chairman

Just A chairman.

:-)

[Pepperbelly]

9. Go, Nadler, go!

Keep after the fascist bastards.

[Johnny Noshoes]

11. Nadler is a tough New Yorker

we know aholes like Sensennbrenner when we see em and we know how to handle em too :evilgrin:

[FourStarDemocrat]

20. I love Nadler...

Back in the mid-late eighties, when Jerry Nadler was a NY State Assemblyman from the Upper West Side he was already such a progressive. He used to attend many of our pro-choice rallies (National Organization for Women) even those that were held by a few dozen shiverig people in the dead of winter during snowstorms! A great guy.

[msongs]

12. some chairmen are not worth keeping.....and some are...

theirs isn't and ours is :-)

msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[David Zephyr]

13. Democrats getting courage? I don't know if my heart can take it.

I better sit down.

[sasquatch]

14. Yeah, Dr. Dean's spine injections are working wonders

:)

[bahrbearian]

15. I had the flame thrower ready.

[Erika]

17. I sent the DNC another $25 over the weekend

Dr. Dean is performing spine infusions.

The Republican extremists are being seen for what they are. I wonder when the moderates in the GOP will tell them to knock if off or the 2006 elections will be one big joke for the Republicans.

[NYC Liberal]

19. Send Nadler some love!

Rep. Jerrold Nadler
2334 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Tel. [phone]

Manhattan
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
201 Varick Street, Suite 669
New York, NY 10014
Tel. [phone]

Brooklyn
Rep. Jerrold Nadler
445 Neptune Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11224
Tel. [phone]