http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/07/the-republican-vote-on-sotomayor.html Political commentary/genealogical interests Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:43:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/07/the-republican-vote-on-sotomayor.html#comment-2034 Featheriver Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:54:30 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/07/the-republican-vote-on-sotomayor.html#comment-2034 I didn't think so but I'd never tried to find out. I'd never heard of such a rule. Perhaps the blogger, who had written that there was such a rule was mistaken. He/she hadn't cited a source. Thank you Rockspot for clearing that up. I didn’t think so but I’d never tried to find out. I’d never heard of such a rule. Perhaps the blogger, who had written that there was such a rule was mistaken. He/she hadn’t cited a source. Thank you Rockspot for clearing that up.

]]> http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/07/the-republican-vote-on-sotomayor.html#comment-2033 Rockspot Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:13:28 +0000 http://www.nyegateway.com/2009/07/the-republican-vote-on-sotomayor.html#comment-2033 I went looking for committee rules and found this site: http://judiciary.senate.gov/about/committee-rules.cfm. There is no mention that at least one member of the minority party must vote in the affirmative to be able to send the nomination to the full senate for a vote. .-= Rockspot´s last blog ..<a href="http://vickierock.blogspot.com/2009/07/wheres-plan.html" rel="nofollow">Where's the Plan?</a> =-. I went looking for committee rules and found this site: http://judiciary.senate.gov/about/committee-rules.cfm. There is no mention that at least one member of the minority party must vote in the affirmative to be able to send the nomination to the full senate for a vote.
.-= Rockspot´s last blog ..Where’s the Plan? =-.

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