May 18, 2006
Specter!
I'm usually down on the Senior Senator from Pennsylvania, but I like this.
- "I don't need to be lectured by you. You are no more a protector of the Constitution than am I," Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., shouted after Sen. Russ Feingold declared his opposition to the amendment, his affinity for the Constitution and his intention to leave the meeting.
"If you want to leave, good riddance," Specter finished.
"I've enjoyed your lecture, too, Mr. Chairman," replied Feingold, D-Wis., who is considering a run for president in 2008. "See ya."
Heh.
Update: Well, maybe I spoke too soon. Senator Specter voted to kill an amendment to a bill that would have prevented illegal aliens from getting SOCIAL SECURITY!
Pennsylvania Posted by AlexC at May 18, 2006 8:28 PM
"The Man Who Voted 'Glenfiddich' On Impeachment" has served us very ably through the confirmations of Justices Alito and Roberts, and he has been reasonably friendly to Executive power in the NSA contretemps.
I am not leading the call for entitlements for illegal aliens, but most of these amendments are attempts to hang "baggage" on the bill that will prevent passing or further complicate conference reconciliation. I'll give Sen. Specter a pass on that.
Posted by: jk at May 19, 2006 10:19 AM | What do you think? [1]