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ThinkProgress.org :
BREAKING: Ignoring Deal, Frist to File for Cloture on Myers
Last night, Frist indicated he would abide by the agreement.
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But Congress Daily PM reports that Frist has other ideas for later in the week:
Senate Majority Leader Frist will file for cloture on President Bush's nomination of William Myers to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later this week, according to sources on and off Capitol Hill, wasting no time in testing the resolve of 14 Republican and Democratic senators who forced at least a temporary halt to the battle over Democratic filibusters of President Bush's judicial picks.
Maybe this isn't such an anti-climactic Tuesday after all?
[Update] This isn't about the Nuclear Option being put on the table again -- it isn't. What it
is about is a divided Republican party...and a perfect example of Frist catering to the extreme Right.
Let's repeat the talking point we've been given here -- that Frist is ignoring the compromise made by moderates from both sides of the aisle.
It's an example of Frist's ugly partisanship, his allegiance to Dobson, as well as his LACK OF CONTROL over his own caucus.