Class I - Senators Whose Term of Service Expire in 2013
Class I terms run from the beginning of the 110th Congress on January 3, 2007, to the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013. Senators in Class I were elected to office in the November 2006 general election, unless they took their seat through appointment or special election.
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Article I, section 3 of the U.S. Constitution mandates the Senate's class structure.
Amendment XVII (1913) provides for direct election of Senators.
http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/Class_I.htm
Porkie Pig Sen Reid is passing the blame again even though this is exactly his plan to sneak all this legislation at the very last minute.
“I don’t need to hear the sanctimonious lectures of Sens. Kyl and DeMint to remind me of what Christmas means,” Reid said during a Senate floor speech Wednesday afternoon.
“My question, Madam President, is where were their concerns about Christmas as we’ve had filibuster after filibuster on major pieces of legislation during this entire Congress,” said Reid, who accused Republicans of deploying the tactic 87 times."
“These are additional days of wasted time we could be using to pass legislation to get home for the holidays,” Reid said. “Yet some of my Republican colleagues have the nerve to whine about having to stay and actually do the work of the American people.”
Well this Senator had 60 Democrats and plus RINOs in 2010 and he still could not pass these bills except when he buys them off.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/133847-reid-blasts-gop-sens-demint-and-kyl-as-sanctimonious-
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