Since we now know a secret hold can be put

[shraby]

on legislation by a secret senator, why doesn't a senator put a hold on the legislation that Arlen Specter is trying to pass concerning the wiretapping by the administration? I would think an indefinite hold would be in order.

[ThomCat]

1. I'll bet there's some secret reason why only a republican

can do it. :grr:

[Atman]

2. Why not put Bush on Double-Secret Probation?!

Works for me.

[Nite Owl]

3. I don't know if it was

the same kind of hold but I remember something about the republican Senate putting a hold on Clinton's judicial nominees. They are right they didn't filibuster they just never allowed them to get that far.

[warrens]

5. That was Jesse Helms

He slapped a hold on nearly every one of them. Did it to Hormel too...

[mcscajun]

4. Any Senator can put an "anonymous" hold on legislation for any

reason, or none, yet it does not function in the same manner as a filibuster, nor is it eternal.

Various proposals have come up over the years to remove the secret hold from Senate protocol, but they have been unsuccessful so far.