Pete Sessions: “Isn't it true that Trent Lott, the Republican majority leader, sought cloture to give Berzon and Paez an up-or-down…”

“Isn't it true that Trent Lott, the Republican majority leader, sought cloture to give Berzon and Paez an up-or-down vote, and those of us who opposed Berzon and Paez, as the Senator from Kentucky did, voted for cloture to give them an up-or-down vote and then voted against them when they came up for the up-or-down vote? Mr. McCONNELL. The Senator is entirely correct. That is the way I voted. I believe that is the way he voted. That is the way the Senate ought to operate. That is a good model for how we ought to behave tomorrow. We will have a cloture vote on Justice Priscilla Owen. If the Senate wants to operate the way it used to, we will invoke cloture on Justice Owen and then give her the up-or-down vote which she richly deserves. I yield the floor.”