Anti-choice members of the Senate are threatening to filibuster some of President Obama's high-profile nominees simply because they've taken pro-choice positions.
The use of the 'f' word - filibuster - when referring to highly qualified nominees like Judge David Hamilton and Prof. Dawn Johnsen is unacceptable and will not go unanswered!
Urge your senators to fight back against anti-choice senators' attempts to block these highly qualified nominees. Tell the U.S. Senate to confirm Judge Hamilton and Prof. Johnsen without delay!
We took action on “Tell the Senate: Filibuster is NOT an Option”!
# 4,967:
7:48 pm PST, Nov 18,Mel Sinclair, Texas
# 4,966:
3:03 pm PST, Nov 14,Marilynjoy Mcgetchin, Florida
# 4,965:
8:41 pm PST, Nov 8,Charron Dusha, Wisconsin
# 4,964:
8:03 am PST, Nov 1,Nick Norris, Mississippi
# 4,963:
5:03 pm PDT, Oct 30,Michelle Harris-Shields, Kentucky
# 4,962:
2:07 am PDT, Oct 28,Michael Hinshaw, Michigan
These nominees deserve an up or down vote. Our country needs to have these positions filled. That is non-negotiable.
# 4,961:
6:19 am PDT, Oct 27,Andrea Trembly, Florida
# 4,960:
2:15 am PDT, Oct 21,Can Atik, Turkey
# 4,959:
12:45 am PDT, Oct 20,Marvin Johnson, Oregon
Professor Dawn Johnsen may be the best qualified candidate ever nominated to head the OLC. The Republican and perhaps a few Blue Dog Democratic Senators should do the job they were elected to do and confirm worthy noninations.
# 4,958:
10:43 pm PDT, Oct 17,Patricia Fugate, Kentucky
# 4,957:
2:28 pm PDT, Oct 15,Carole Hagen, Oregon
# 4,956:
6:31 am PDT, Oct 14,Aaron Hunter, Nevada
# 4,955:
3:10 pm PDT, Oct 9,Barry Spielvogel, New York
# 4,954:
9:55 am PDT, Oct 9,Adriane Miller, California
# 4,953:
12:09 pm PDT, Oct 7,Chet Hepburn, Virginia
# 4,952:
7:38 am PDT, Oct 6,Jamie Scott, Texas
# 4,951:
8:07 pm PDT, Oct 5,Hartson Doak, Hawaii
# 4,950:
4:00 pm PDT, Oct 5,Sheryl Iversen, California
# 4,949:
10:17 am PDT, Oct 5,Robert New, Vermont
# 4,948:
9:55 am PDT, Oct 5,Ian Cox, Washington
# 4,947:
9:29 am PDT, Oct 5,Michael Pacholski, Ohio
No filibustering these excellent nominees.
# 4,946:
8:44 am PDT, Oct 5,Ange Petrovic, Florida
Let's stand by Mr. Obama's choices because he's our President and I believe his judgment is correct and honest in selecting Judge David Hamilton and Prof. Dawn Johnsen.
Good luck to them!
# 4,945:
8:12 am PDT, Oct 5,Michael Lord, New Mexico
# 4,944:
7:13 am PDT, Oct 5,George Radke, Florida
# 4,943:
6:07 am PDT, Oct 5,Jennifer Whitaker, New York
# 4,942:
5:44 am PDT, Oct 5,John Totten, Florida
# 4,941:
5:15 am PDT, Oct 5,Kim Sanders, Ohio
# 4,940:
5:51 am PDT, Oct 4,Gary De Santis, New Jersey
# 4,939:
4:20 am PDT, Oct 4,Marilyn & Tom Finnelli, Florida
# 4,938:
9:33 pm PDT, Oct 3,Natalie Morris, Washington
# 4,937:
2:32 pm PDT, Oct 3,Gayle Crawford, Ohio
Dawn Johnsen is pro choice, so you oppose her because you think abortion is wrong - never mind all her impeccable qualifications. Please remember that your anti choice stance is in the minority. The majority of Americans - including me - believe the right to an abortion should be the choice of the woman involved. NOT YOU!
# 4,936:
4:50 am PDT, Oct 3,Julie Linder, Florida
# 4,935:
4:58 pm PDT, Oct 2,Carlos J. Echevarria, California
# 4,934:
3:19 pm PDT, Oct 2,Christine Pasmore, California
# 4,933:
12:33 am PDT, Oct 2,Kathy Rizzo, New Jersey
# 4,932:
10:09 pm PDT, Oct 1,David Murray Jnr, Ireland
# 4,931:
4:46 pm PDT, Oct 1,Danna Dyer, Connecticut
# 4,930:
2:12 pm PDT, Oct 1,Name not displayed, Iowa
# 4,929:
12:30 pm PDT, Oct 1,Charles Geitner, Wisconsin
Surely, the Senate should be able to consider and approve the nomination of Professor Dawn Johnsen to head the OLC.
The candidate is well qualified and if their opposition rests on a sentence in a footnote in reference to a legal decision, that is just another part of what the Republican Party has become known for, "the party of NO!! We need a positive approach to decisions.
# 4,928:
11:08 am PDT, Oct 1,Chip Phillips, California
# 4,927:
10:56 am PDT, Oct 1,Marie Sawaya, California
These nominees are highly qualified and their confirmation is being blocked only because of their political convictions. For example, Dawn Johnsen's confirmation is being blocked because she argued against states having the right to prohibit abortions at public health institutions, because she is committed to overturning the Bush administration’s policies on torture and warrantless surveillance, and because she is committed to shining a light on some of the darkest skeletons of the Bush years. All of these are ethical and correct stances and commitments in my opinion and in no way constitute valid reasons to block her confirmation. Please confirm both her and David Hamilton without delay and in the future do not block the confirmations of other qualified nominees for invalid reasons.
# 4,926:
8:18 am PDT, Oct 1,Kevin Macdonald, Maine
# 4,925:
8:15 am PDT, Oct 1,Jeanne Long, Ohio
# 4,924:
5:37 am PDT, Oct 1,Dave Decot, California
Oops, I guess "I" mean TWO of his pending nominees.
# 4,923:
2:24 am PDT, Oct 1,Gonçalves Maria Dulce Vaz, Portugal
# 4,922:
9:56 pm PDT, Sep 30,Caroline Darst, Massachusetts
LIVE WITH IT! OBAMA IS PRESIDENT,
AND SHOULD HAVE HIS NOMINEES, JUST AS PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH DID.
# 4,921:
8:49 pm PDT, Sep 30,Alan Haggard, California
# 4,920:
7:53 pm PDT, Sep 30,Jason Fowler, Tennessee
# 4,919:
7:30 pm PDT, Sep 30,Robert Glass, Illinois
# 4,918:
7:22 pm PDT, Sep 30,John Peterkin, Arizona
# 4,917:
7:20 pm PDT, Sep 30,Raymond Keeling, Michigan
# 4,916:
7:19 pm PDT, Sep 30,Linda Mcclellan, Illinois
I'm fed up with Republican stall tactics. Find a way to get around them and get these people confirmed. We need good people to get the real work done.
# 4,915:
6:38 pm PDT, Sep 30,Michael Hamburger, New Jersey
# 4,914:
6:36 pm PDT, Sep 30,Name not displayed, Washington
# 4,913:
6:33 pm PDT, Sep 30,Silvia Hall, Florida
These are qualified individuals.
# 4,912:
6:10 pm PDT, Sep 30,Bud See, Texas
# 4,911:
4:57 pm PDT, Sep 30,Carolynn Griffith, Hawaii
# 4,910:
3:54 pm PDT, Sep 30,Pamela Kjono, North Dakota
# 4,909:
3:49 pm PDT, Sep 30,Name not displayed, Wisconsin
# 4,908:
3:43 pm PDT, Sep 30,Michael Vaughan, Georgia
# 4,907:
3:21 pm PDT, Sep 30,Margie Arnold, Florida
# 4,906:
3:10 pm PDT, Sep 30,Kathleen Rinker, Utah
# 4,905:
3:10 pm PDT, Sep 30,Crystal Conklin, Arizona
# 4,904:
3:05 pm PDT, Sep 30,John Gordon, Washington
It's reprehensible that these nominations have not been confirmed.
And the Filibuster is not an excuse - break it.
America , and the President need these
team members. And we need them NOW.
