What if republicans were thrilled with the idea of filibuster ?

[Justice Is Comin]

Well if this isn't Mr. Bullshit....meet fact. :popcorn:




Republican Filibusters Of Nominees Reported To The Floor (past 35 years)



# Year Nominee Position Cloture Motions
# 1968 Abe Fortas, Supreme Court 1*
# 1980 William Lubbers, NLRB 3
# 1980 Don Zimmerman, NLRB 3
# 1980 Stephen Breyer, 1st Circuit 2
# 1987 Melissa Wells, Ambassador 1
# 1987 William Verity, Commerce 1
# 1993 Walter Dellinger, Justice 2
# 1993 Five State Department Nominees 2
# 1993 Janet Napolitano, Justice 1
# 1994 Larry Lawrence, Ambassador 1
# 1994 Rosemary Barkett, 11th Circuit 1
# 1994 Sam Brown, Ambassador 3*
# 1994 Derek Shearer, Ambassador 2
# 1994 Ricki Tigert, FDIC 2
# 1994 H. Lee Sarokin, 3rd Circuit 1
# 1995 Henry Foster, Surgeon General 2*
# 1998 David Satcher, Surgeon General 1
# 2000 Marsha Berzon, 9th Circuit 1
# 2000 Richard Paez, 9th Circuit 1

* The Fortas, Brown and Foster votes resulted in the defeat of their lifetime or short-term appointments.



http://www.leahy.senate.gov/issues/nominations/pastfilibusters.html

[Chipper Chat]

1. fewkin hypocrits!

greatest falsehood of the century:

THE GOP NEVER LIES