Political Quotes

“Allen Snyder, this man clerked for Chief Justice Rehnquist. Again, there was not even the courtesy of having a vote in the committee. They come to the floor and cry crocodile tears about up-or- down votes. We would have taken a cloture vote on either one of these people. But they were unwilling to bring this person before the committee or the floor. So I say to my friend, you are absolutely right, there is a different standard now than there was. We are bringing people to the court. They say there has not been an up-or-down vote. There has been a vote. Every one of President Bush's nominees has come before the Senate for a vote. And I think it is on 69 different occasions that President Clinton had a nominee turned down on even a hearing in the Judiciary Committee, even a vote in the Judiciary Committee, let alone coming to the floor. So my distinguished friend is absolutely right.”