The attempt by Senate Democrats to have a vote of no confidence of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales failed today. The Democrats needed 60 votes to bring S. J. RES. 14 to a vote and it failed 53-38.
Montana’s U.S. Senators, Max Baucus and Jon Tester, were both part of the 53 Senators voting Yea, which was not a surprise.
S. J. RES. 14 states, “It is the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and of the American people.”
This really was a waste of time. So far, the 110th Congress has done a lot of time wasting in the first six months.
I think the American people are getting a little sick and tired of their lack of productivity. In 2008 we, the American People, may tell them that we have no confidence in them.