[lit-ideas] Re: Feingold draws little support for censure
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:01:27 -0800
"...only other time I know of its being attempted was in 1834, against
Jackson."
ck: Clinton, too.
Carol
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From: "Robert Paul" <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 3:53 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Feingold draws little support for censure
> Lawrence wrote:
>
>> I know this will be a big disappointment for all you Bush-Bashers.
>
> No one thought, surely, that Bush would actually be censured; but that
> this is happening at all is a noteworthy event in American history. The
> only other time I know of its being attempted was in 1834, against
> Jackson. A resolution of censure is an expression of the Senate's views;
> it carries no legal sanctions. The Senate could censure a ham sandwich if
> it wanted to.
>
> However, I see that that 60% of the American people disapprove of the way
> Bush is doing his job*, and this his 'numbers' are falling in every
> heading under which questions were asked of the poll takers. Fact, not
> bash.
>
> *http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/13/bush.poll/
>
> Robert Paul
> The Reed Institute
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