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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:20 PM Original message |
FISA roll call |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sold out by our own |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
2. This was the vote for cloture, correct? |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. No, this is the first procedural vote (cloture for the motion to proceed to the bill). |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Thanks for the clarification |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Obama & Clinton absent. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Obama is probably out campaigning |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. How is that an excuse? Seriously? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. nada. absolutely nothing is more important right now. |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And the procedural votes are the whole game. |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. but they can still filibuster and not let the vote take place, right? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That would be the cloture motion to end a filibuster (2/3 required?) |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. We have 15 Senators opposed to voting. (+KENNEDY) Can't they just keep talking? |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Threatening to filibuster only works... |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. fuck the "leadership". Steny Hoyer wrote this piece of crap. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Would 80-16 have made a difference as opposed to 80-15? |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. guess. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Of course "In-Your-Way" caved, but Akaka? |
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dailykoff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. So cloture means they limit discussion to 30 hours. |
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