Cloture fails, motion to reconsider entered, revote coming

[WilliamPitt]

Comes the count again.

[dubyaD40web]

1. oh great

[Drum]

3. for each Nay chged to Yay,

let 2 turn the other way!

[LSK]

2. whooo hoooo

What fun! :crazy:

[liberal N proud]

4. Vote and if you don't get what you want vote again

Can we have a revote for the Presidential election.
I think that would be fair.

[CrispyQ]

12. Great idea!

Yes! I want a revote too!

[IndyOp]

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[Idioteque]

6. I think when he "enters" the motion to reconsider...

...it allows him to call it anytime in the next few days. I don't think they will actually vote on it right now.

[DainBramaged]

7. Shame on the Cons, shame, putting our troops and the poor at risk

over a few drops of oil. Shame on them. Let the poor and homeless suffer to fatten the wallets of the oil barons. Shame on the Cons.

[msongs]

9. they have no sense of shame, nor do their supporters nt

[Gregorian]

8. Can someone explain the context?

My brain is like an echasketch. I lie down at night, and everything I read the day before is erased.

Defense bill, ANWR, NOLA. I know what's in the bill. But I don't recall why the vote is so important.


Can someone sum up the ramifications of this vote for me?

[IndyOp]

10. GOP tied ANWR, Hurricane Relief, and funds for low-income

heating assistance to a bill they *knew* would fly through...

And now it hasn't - because, in part, not only did they tie ANWR and Hurricane Relief up in this bill they added funds for low-income heating assistance & a bill to prevent companies that produce bad vaccines from being suied at the last minute - this is *against* Senate rules.

They should pull apart these issues and vote on them 1 by 1:
Defense Appropriations
Hurrine Relief (without funds tied to ANWR profits)
ANWR
Low-income heating assistance

The SOB's tie them together as power ploy...

[Gregorian]

11. How did I forget! Thank you.

I guess it was too obvious. I'm getting used to scandalous behaviour.

Phew.