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honest.abe's JournalSenate vote on debt ceiling will be tonight around 10pm.
They are currently working through voting on 11 amendments which is supposed to take about 10 minutes per amendment. They are curently on the 3rd one (as of 8:40 pm) so 8 more to go so looks like around 10pm for the final vote.
Here are the list of amendments.
1. Paul 107 (60 vote affirmative threshold)
2. Braun 91 (60 vote affirmative threshold)
3. Marshall 110 (60 vote affirmative threshold)
4. Sullivan 125 (60 vote affirmative threshold)
5. Hawley 93 (60 vote affirmative threshold)
6. Kennedy 104 (60 vote affirmative threshold)
7. Cotton 106 (60 vote affirmative threshold)
8. Budd 134 (60 vote affirmative threshold)
9. Lee 98 (Majority)
10. Kennedy 102 (Majority)
11. Kaine 101 (Majority)
It will be followed by final passage of the debt ceiling bill:
HR 3746 (An Act to Provide for a Responsible Increase to the Debt Ceiling). Subject to a 60 vote affirmative threshold.
https://www.c-span.org/networks/?channel=c-span-2
They must defeat each amendment or it goes back to the House which is not what we want. Very unlikely any amendment will pass.
The House vote on the rules governing the debt ceiling bill just passed.
50+ Dems voting with 190 Rs.
This is good sign for the vote tonight.
Republicans, White House see progress in US debt ceiling talks
After a four-hour White House meeting, U.S. House Speaker McCarthy said negotiations had improved and would continue in the evening. He predicted the two sides would reach an agreement, though several issues remain unresolved
"We've made some progress working down there. So that's very positive," McCarthy told reporters. "I want to make sure we get the right agreement. I can see that we're working towards that."
White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said talks remain fruitful. "If it keeps going in good faith, we can get to an agreement here," she said at a briefing while discussions were taking place.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/white-house-republicans-plan-convene-us-debt-ceiling-deadline-looms-2023-05-24/
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Looks like a deal is imminent. Thank goodness!
Bragg press conference 3:30 p.m today
His press conference is scheduled to be held at 3:30 p.m. at the Supreme Civil Court, located next to the Manhattan Criminal Court, where Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts, including falsifying business records in the first degree.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-arraignment-manhattan-district-attorney-alvin-bragg-holds-briefing-watch-live/
Great he is doing this so fast to beat the Idiot to the punch.
The trial should be interesting.
Trump and his lawyers will turn this into a wild shitshow bashing Cohen, Daniels and the NY DA office. It is my understanding the trial will be held in NYC so the jury wont likely have any Trumpers but who knows. It will be a spectacle for sure. Hope its televised.
Sounds like Bragg was messing with Trump and his lawyers regarding the 1 month GJ recess.
Apparently they were totally caught off guard. Love it!!!
I was in Atlanta area today and saw a huge line of people waiting to vote.
The area is East Cobb near Marietta and is considered a somewhat liberal, blue area according to our local friend. I did see one moron carrying a sign to vote for Walker. He looked like he was missing a few chromosomes so I don't think he was very convincing.
The people we visited while here are very focused on voting to make sure Warnock will win.
I also saw some very good local ads on TV supporting Warnock. I am feeling cautiously optimistic about this election.
Fingers crossed!
A clue tonight will be if Ivanka and Jared show up.
Rumors suggest they dont want to be involved in the Trump 2024 campaign to protect themselves and their family.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/14/trump-begging-jared-ivanka-to-join-him-for-campaign-launch-sources/
If they dont show that will be huge blow to Trump's ego and plans to use them to help his campaign.
Anyone know about this "box 3" controversy in Arizona?
Apparently there was some misinformation spreading about voters not to use "box 3" which caused a huge problem for election workers in AZ. This is being discussed right now on a live Maricopa election press conference.
I dont know the details on what this is about but apparently it was caused by some GOP leaders in AZ.
i did find this but still not not entirely sure what the issue is.
https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/elections/decision/maricopa-county-box-3-trending-nationally-twitter/75-15855907-5a2b-4d07-8697-b1fa1757f781
Data Guru AZ: "This is it folks. The vast majority of what is left in Maricopa is incoming tonight."
https://twitter.com/Garrett_Archer/status/1592266995697057792Please let this be the end of Poison Lake!