What of our second question, which allowed a vote for any firm?
Republican leaders have refused for two years to allow a vote on his nomination.
Republicans in the Senate have not allowed a vote on any of the other nominees, either.
But it will take a majority of all senators to allow a vote to occur.
He has pledged to allow a vote this summer, after hearings and committee action.
When Burns returned to the senate, he refused to allow a vote on the bill.
The students know, however, that under the present conditions, the hard-liners would never allow such a vote to take place.
Members are traditionally allowed a free vote and cannot be instructed by their party to follow a line.
As a member he would be allowed a voice and a vote in Salem affairs.
"But if you allowed illegal votes to stand, that would be worse."