Comments on: Embarrassing: McConnell Shuts Down Senate

By: Yellow Dog

Yellow Dog — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:55:54 +0000

kilowat: I have geothermal. Cost about three times the equivalent heat pump, and saves more on AC than on heat, but I love it, love it, love it.

By: kilowat

kilowat — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:50:16 +0000

another quote from mitch today

McConnell (R-Ky.) believes Reid (D-Nev.) has backtracked on a promise to clear a significant number of Republican judicial nominees, but Democrats are becoming more and more hesitant to give Bush judges a lifelong appointment to the federal bench in the waning months of this White House.

“The Democratic majority has refused to honor its commitments,” McConnell said. “It apparently believes that commitments do not matter in the United States Senate, and that actions do not have consequences.”

One of those consequences, apparently, is a complete shut down of the Senate.

By: jake

jake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:50:29 +0000

Poole-- From Red State: Mitch McConnell Shuts Down the Senate

By: kilowat

kilowat — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:31:53 +0000

they have been reading since 12:50 ET over six hours

By: jake

jake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:01:41 +0000

It’s 500 pages.

That effectively kills the senate for, like, ever.

I couldn’t read 500 pages in 5 days’ time.

By: jeffersonpoole

jeffersonpoole — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:00:37 +0000

reading a bill that was just proposed is not the same as “shutting down the senate.”

By: kilowat

kilowat — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:39:31 +0000

I know it’s going to cost us more, but we have to find other fuel besides fossil fuel, more wind farms, more solar electric for states that it would work in.
the next heating unit i put in will be the geothermal unit

By: Judy

Judy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:38:42 +0000

Where is Lunsford? He should release a press statement about McConnell’s opposition to the climate bill and his actions to shut down the Senate? Why wait to focus attention on Mitch?

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:13:12 +0000

Yeah, well, McConnell says a lot of things that he’s full of shit about.

By: The Tyler

The Tyler — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:48:12 +0000

I guess I’m the only one that’s turned on by the reading of this bill by the clerk.