1. Although Hyde said he thought it was fair to have the committee vote on the censure resolution, he personally opposes it. 2. And, in fact, three years later, the Senate ordered the censure resolution expunged from the record. 3. At a minimum, he could have mounted a more vigorous campaign to arouse the public to lobby the Republicans to permit a vote on the censure resolution. 4. A censure resolution could well run into the same kind of buzzsaw. 5. A Democratic bid to enlist Republican support in a censure resolution lost steam, as neither party could agree on the language. 6. A censure resolution could follow. 7. A censure resolution would politically embarrass the president but not be legally enforceable. 8. A look at the strongly worded Democratic censure resolution confirms that. 9. A handful of Republican senators also worked Monday with Democrats to draft a censure resolution that would be acceptable to a couple of dozen GOP senators. 10. A simple majority vote would be needed to approve a censure resolution. |
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