can Frist get away with barring Sens. from talking about Alito?

[donsu]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/01/19/frist-not-allowing-senato_n_14083.html


Frist Not Allowing Senators To Speak On The Senate Floor About Alito...



Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) tried to secure time this week to speak on the Senate floor about Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito. But Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist would not allow any time for speeches until January 25, a day after the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on Alito's nomination.

The normal practice of the majority leader is to give senators time to make floor speeches about the nominee.

Instead of speaking on the Senate floor, Senator Leahy will give a speech today at Georgetown University Law School. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will also give speeches today regarding Alito's nomination -- Kennedy at a think tank in Washington, and Durbin at Northwestern Law School.
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see what power Frist has

[rodeodance]

1. The Senate takes on the tribalism of the House.

[mom cat]

2. Call and tell them to fight back and block Alito with all they got.

What is Frist afraid of!...Keep him scared!

[havocmom]

3. Day trader in his office story drops from page one -Osama tape?

Somebody bailed him outta a tight spot in the headlines! He will do anything the junta tells him too, up to and including using duct tape on DEMs

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. and our strategy begins to unfold

These guys must have a good plan to block this new Reich-Marshall from sitting on our highest court... If the Democratic leaders in DC could hear me, I'd say "we believe in you, we're with you 100% and we KNOW you will never let us down!"

[tkmorris]

5. I wish I knew where you got your optimism

Talk to me in about 2 weeks and we'll see if it was justified. Do you really think they will stop Alito?