The Senate is scheduled to vote on the nomination of William G. Myers III to the federal appellate bench next Tuesday. The AP has this report.
The Cattle Network has a missive headlined "Cattlemen vs. Extreme Environmentalists in US Senate Next Week." Excerpt:
Please contact your Democratic Senator and ask them to ask Senator Daschle to allow an up or down vote on Bill Myers’ nomination. Bill Myers’ nomination should not be filibustered in the Senate just because he worked for ranchers and the cattle industry – which is why he is opposed by environmentalists. Therefore, we need cattlemen and women that have Democratic Senators to begin aggressively calling these offices and asking them not to filibuster Bill Myers’ nomination, and should there be a filibuster, to vote YES for CLOTURE and allow an up or down vote on the appointment of Bill Myers to the 9th Circuit.
Earlier this week, the Aberdeen American News published an opinion piece written by the South Dakota Cattlemen's Association's director and executive director headlined "Daschle should allow vote on judge."
Will Daschle's obligations to the national Democratic Party outweigh his obligations to South Dakota ranchers on this issue? Or will he "reluctantly" support the nomination but sit on the sidelines and do nothing to battle against a Democratic-led filibuster?
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