The Senate was in session yesterday - with only one senator...

[tangent4ronpaul]

Harry Reid nominated and voted to approve a bunch of federal judges and head people to manage the purse strings for a bunch of federal agencies. Each nomination was accompanied by a sheet of paper that had 17 cosponsors on it. He was the only person voting. Each time he waved reading the names of the co-sponsors.

Pretty surreal.

It's a good bet that no one with a R by their name knew the Senate would be conducting business.

-t

[Ronin Truth]

Did he pass anything?

[tangent4ronpaul]

Every one. These were appointments.

-t

[enhanced_deficit]

Cyber monday shopping is not going to do itself.

[phill4paul]

Cyber monday shopping is not going to do itself.

Couldn't they just do that there?

http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/01802/McCain01b_1802218a.jpg

[tangent4ronpaul]

It's Harry Reid's last week as majority speaker, so expect him to pull a bunch of scummy BS this week.

-t

[enhanced_deficit]

Couldn't they just do that there?

http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/01802/McCain01b_1802218a.jpg

Only if they have broadband ... that connects them to highest bidder lobbyists.

[mrsat_98]

So lets see who has the gonads to request a quorum call ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_Rules_of_the_United_States_Senate

[Zippyjuan]

If you have ever watched CSPAN, there often is only one or two Senators or Congressmen in the room unless a major vote is going on. Despite our mental image of them all being there, listening carefully to what each other is saying and debating on the issues. You see guys (and ladies) giving speeches to empty chairs most of the time.

[alucard13mm]

So exactly what they are being paid to do?... lol


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV7u1VBhWCE

[presence]

unless a major vote is going on.

How the fuck is appointing federal judges not a major vote?

[tangent4ronpaul]

I'm an on and off C-SPAN junkie and I have never seen a vote go down like this in 10-15 years if watching.

Sure, the chamber is frequently empty when speeches and debates are going on, but they are talking to us, not each other. They cluster votes and when they happen everyone comes in and votes, then leaves.

-t

[Zippyjuan]

The calendar doesn't list any justices. http://democrats.senate.gov/floor/

Votes were on:
P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (vote results not in yet)

Charlotte Burrows, of DC, to be Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Invoked: 57-39

Robert Adler, of DC, to be Commissioner of the Consumer Protection Safety Commission Confirmed: 53-44

Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of HUD; Confirmed: 68-28

Colleen Bradley Bell, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Hungary; Confirmed: 53-42

Noah Bryson Mamet, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Argentine Republic; Confirmed: 50-43

Perhaps what you saw were only procedural votes to call for the actual roll call voting?




Update: I did find this:


We also set up a couple series of votes at 10am and 3pm tomorrow. Those votes are as follows:


Wednesday, December 3

10:00am:

Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1069, Charlotte Burrows, of DC, to be Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Confirmation of Executive Calendar 1067, P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Cloture on Executive Calendar #1036, David Hale, of KY, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky;
Cloture on Executive Calendar #1037, Mark Kearney, of PA, to be U.S .District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;
Cloture on Executive Calendar #1038, Gerald Pappert, of PA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;


3:00pm

Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1036, David Hale, of KY, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky;
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1037, Mark Kearney, of PA, to be U.S .District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;
Confirmation of Executive Calendar #1038, Gerald Pappert, of PA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania;
http://democrats.senate.gov/2014/12/02/4-votes-at-410pm-today-and-10am-and-3pm-wednesday/#.VH5fBNLF8xg

Which seems to be adding them to their calendar for some future vote.

https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/executive_calendar.htm


Executive Calendar - A list of executive business (i.e., treaties and nominations) available for Senate floor consideration.

[GunnyFreedom]

If you have ever watched CSPAN, there often is only one or two Senators or Congressmen in the room unless a major vote is going on. Despite our mental image of them all being there, listening carefully to what each other is saying and debating on the issues. You see guys (and ladies) giving speeches to empty chairs most of the time.

You are describing special order speeches. No votes take place during special order speeches. Ron Paul gave a lot of special order speeches.

[tangent4ronpaul]

The calendar doesn't list any justices. http://democrats.senate.gov/floor/

Votes were on:
P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (vote results not in yet)

Charlotte Burrows, of DC, to be Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Invoked: 57-39

Robert Adler, of DC, to be Commissioner of the Consumer Protection Safety Commission Confirmed: 53-44

Nani A. Coloretti, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of HUD; Confirmed: 68-28

Colleen Bradley Bell, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Hungary; Confirmed: 53-42

Noah Bryson Mamet, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Argentine Republic; Confirmed: 50-43

Perhaps what you saw were only procedural votes to call for the actual roll call voting?




Update: I did find this:


http://democrats.senate.gov/2014/12/02/4-votes-at-410pm-today-and-10am-and-3pm-wednesday/#.VH5fBNLF8xg

Which seems to be adding them to their calendar for some future vote.

https://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/executive_calendar.htm

I guess that makes more sense. Still a first. it was like:
Senate president: all in favor say YEAH
Reid: YEAH
All opposed say NAY (there are no other senators in the room)
In my opinion the YEAH's have it.

weird!

yeah, the Kentucky judge was one of them, but I'm pretty sure there were more than 3 judges.

+rep

-t

[Jan2017]

Harry Reid nominated and voted to approve a bunch of federal judges . . .d by a sheet of paper that had 17 cosponsors on it. He was the only person voting. Each time he waved reading the names of the co-sponsors.

Pretty surreal.

It's a good bet that no one with a R by their name knew the Senate would be conducting business.

-t

Awe sheeet !
President O'Bomber (his IRA name) and Harry Reid (Dimocrat-NV) in constitutional manipulation . . . ?

thanks for posting this . . .
Really ? . . . no R's (or I's or L's for that matter) in the Senate chambers -
imho, that is a pretty disingenous way to run any government.

10:00am Cloture on Executive Calendar #1036
David Hale to United States District Court the Western District of Kentucky

Yeah, I would wonder if Harry Reid comprehends how much he is being watched . . .
as is the new Foreign Relations "expert" is also being watched during the lame duck abuses of power by the executive branch with the even more lame duck legislative final sessions . . .
what a cool abuse of power - and no one will notice of course.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNiie_zmSr8

I suppose that the new upcoming Senate Foreign Relations chairman had other quasi-official government business to attend to . . .
like making sure those 600 tons of ordinance gets into the right hands.

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[tangent4ronpaul]

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-t

[Occam's Banana]

Awe sheeet !
President O'Bomber (his IRA name) and Harry Reid (Dimocrat-NV) in constitutional manipulation . . . ?

thanks for posting this . . .
Really ? . . . no R's (or I's or L's for that matter) in the Senate chambers -
imho, that is a pretty disingenous way to run any government.

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[Dianne]

lol, a senile senator to boot .. Why do we need a federal government? Think of all the money we could save ... trillions if the Federal Government did not exist.

[Zippyjuan]

Roll call votes on those nominations was today.

Charlotte Burrows, of DC, to be Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Confirmed: 93-2

P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Confirmed: 54-43

David Hale, of KY, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky. Invoked: 65-31

Mark Kearney, of PA, to be U.S .District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Invoked: 60-36.

Gerald Pappert, of PA, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Invoked: 67-28.

More at link. http://democrats.senate.gov/floor/

[Jan2017]

You misspelled "dr6564u5tyfghfy6" ...

actually not . . .
my Hal 2000 computer got plugged into some War Games movie and
thought it would be cute to just override my post . . .
but where in heaven's name does my dear "Hal/Hallie" get the idea that it is so good to play a game called
Global Thermonuclear War and give the missle codes for Diego Garcia targets ? A.I. these days . . . !

imho, Hal has access to waaay too many $ JOB Fortran WATFIV code from the mid-1970's . . .
and s.he seems to have a mind of his/her own nowadays . . . (shruuggh)

I sure hope everybuddy's ok