So, all of those fortunate people who voted for Democrats and had their votes count, are being gagged, because their senators are.
This is outrageous!
I guess the senators who wish to speak on the subject will just have to wait, and by that time, I bet they will have a lot more to say.
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) tried to secure time this week to speak on the Senate floor about Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito. But Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist would not allow any time for speeches until January 25, a day after the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on Alito's nomination.
The normal practice of the majority leader is to give senators time to make floor speeches about the nominee.
Instead of speaking on the Senate floor, Senator Leahy will give a speech today at Georgetown University Law School. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will also give speeches today regarding Alito's nomination -- Kennedy at a think tank in Washington, and Durbin at Northwestern Law School.
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