in the hope the Senate will act on your nomination by February.

I think we're knocking on the door of a veto-proof margin in the Senate.

If the Senate fails to act and move forward on those nominees,

I think in the end, we'll have a trial, ... We will render a verdict, as the Senate has on 15 other occasions, in those 15 cases where there was an impeachment in the House and where the person impeached did not resign first.

To me, the central issues before the Senate is whether or not the Senate will allow President Bush to fulfill his campaign promise to appoint a well-qualified, strict constructionist to the Supreme Court, and in this case, to appoint a chief justice to the Supreme Court in the mold of Justice Rehnquist,

Even a small city like ours will feel a major impact if this (bill) is passed in the Senate.