Democrat [Biden] says Alito unlikely to face a filibuster
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key Democrat said on Sunday that he expects the full Republican-led Senate to vote on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito without the threat of a Democratic filibuster.Before the battle even starts Joe Biden tells the world that one of the Democrats big guns is loaded with blanks. Harry Reid needs to make a statement that Joe Biden only speaks for himself and not the Senate Democrats when he runs off at the mouth on the Sunday Morning talking heads shows.
But Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware said a decision would not be made about such a possible procedural roadblock until more lawmakers meet with President George W. Bush's conservative nominee to the nation's highest court.
"My instinct is we should commit" to an up-or-down vote by the full Senate, said Biden, a member of the Judiciary Committee. "I think the probability is that will happen.
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