Whatever their position on health insurance reform, Senators ought to allow an up or down vote.
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But when asked whether judicial nominees deserve an up-or-down vote, big majorities say yes.
Require the Senate to give certain presidential nominees an up-or-down vote within 90 days.
And I believe Congress owes the American people a final up or down vote.
They are worthy of confirmation, and the Senate should give each of them a prompt up-or-down vote.
But Senators of either party still owe voters their independent judgment on an up or down vote.
Both houses of Congress will then have to hold an up-or-down vote by the end of the year.
Nearly two and a half years after being nominated, Ms. Halligan continues to wait for a simple up-or-down vote.
Additionally, some panelists say, the up or down vote on Bextra obscured more broad concerns about the drug's safety.
But Johnny Isakson, R-Georgia, said Owen's nomination should be allowed an up-or-down vote.
It allows the president to negotiate trade deals subject only to an up-or-down vote by Congress (read: no amendments attached).
Most earmarks are not even included in legislative text and are not subject to an up or down vote of Congress.
And then after that vote they have an up or down vote on the nomination in which no one opposes the nominee.
If this was a hands down vote, the anti-tax view would lose.
His action requires an up-or-down vote on the agreement within 90 days.
This morning, Senate Republicans blocked his nomination, refusing to let the Senate even go forward with an up or down vote on Mr. Cordray.
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"Fast track" authority gives the president unbridled power to broker trade agreements, which are then subject to an up or down vote by Congress.
And I believe Congress owes the American people a final up or down vote. (Applause.) We need an up or down vote.
And yet, a minority in the Senate is standing in the way of giving our small businesspeople an up or down vote on this bill.
Now, unfortunately, a partisan minority in the Senate has been standing in the way of giving our small businesspeople a simple up-or-down vote on this bill.
For the next 52 years, presidents were able to streamline or consolidate the Executive Branch by submitting a proposal to Congress that was guaranteed a simple up or down vote.
The REINS Act would make Congress directly accountable for the most costly major regulations by requiring an up or down vote within a proscribed timeline before it can take effect.
The Republicans unfortunately in the Senate simply refused to allow Richard Cordray to have an up or down vote -- not for any reason that had to do with his qualifications.
He is promising the American people repeatedly in the last couple of weeks, including in the East Room with the doctors in the white coats, a straight up or down vote.
On Thursday, Republicans forced the delay with a parliamentary manoeuvre blocking the Senate Democratic leader's motion to end debate on Mr Hagel's nomination and proceed to an up-or-down vote on confirmation.
Should Congress vote and fail to pass a bill, Obama also says he will instruct Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat, to introduce a stop-gap measure in an up-or-down vote.
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With a vote of 89-8 in the Senate, clearly a decisive, non-partisan agreement was achieved meaning the bill produced would get an up or down vote on the floor of the House.
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And the Republican leadership in the Senate is once again using every tactic and every maneuver they can to prevent the DISCLOSE Act from even coming up for an up or down vote.
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist began the long-anticipated debate saying it was time to have an up or down vote on Priscilla Owen, the president's nominee to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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