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Genuine leaders
Advocacy groups that had staked out the stubbornest positions were unhappy with Monday's filibuster compromise. Well, let them gripe.
( Star-Telegram, 05/25/2005 04:01 AM CDT)
Forget the titles bestowed on the top-ranking senators from the Republican and Democratic parties.
On Monday, leadership came from 14 senators who put their institution above purely partisan interests. These seven Republicans and seven Democrats opted for moderation and good sense over extremism and destruction:
Sens. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, Susan Collins of Maine, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John McCain of Arizona, Olympia Snowe of Maine and John Warner of Virginia are the Republicans.
Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Ken Salazar of Colorado are the Democrats.
By forging an agreement that would break a deadlock over seven federal judicial nominees and avoid a parliamentary confrontation that would rewrite filibuster rules, the group of 14 preserved the Senate's constitutional advice-and-consent role on appointments, protected the minority voice and defended the Senate against forces that would have opted for a meltdown in order to achieve political victory.
Advocacy groups that had staked out the stubbornest positions were unhappy with the compromise because it will allow confirmation of some of President Bush's most conservative selections for the federal appellate courts -- but at the same time enable Democrats to filibuster future nominees under "extraordinary" circumstances.
The Senate's accord, however, will carry only so far unless Bush moderates his confrontational approach to choosing appellate judges. A president is entitled to some deference, but "advice and consent" must mean more than merely a rubber stamp.
source: http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/11733199.htm
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