Lieberman: Votes are There to Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

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Source: CBS News

Independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman said Friday that he is "confident" that there are now enough votes in the Senate to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and send a repeal bill to the president to sign. The vote could come as early as tomorrow.

Supporters of repeal have twice brought to the Senate floor a measure that would allow repeal the 1993 policy banning gay men and women from serving openly in the military, but both times they fell short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a Republican-led filibuster.

Many Republicans who said they were sympathetic to repeal said they voted no because of procedural concerns about the way Democrats introduced the measure, which was actually a Defense authorization bill with the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal attached.

In the wake of those defeats, supporters in both the House and Senate introduced a standalone repeal bill. That bill passed the House on Wednesday, and the Senate is planning to vote on it this weekend.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20026043-503544.html

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1. Recommend!!! n/t

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2. One word : Joementum

That man has a wondrous reverse Midas touch.

[T Wolf]

3. So, will the right-wing of DU come out and say LIEberman is just giving in on a "pony" and is

still their hero, despite this caving in to the fuckin' retards on the left?

[Jennicut]

5. Joe is pretty much an idiot but he is my Senator and I cannot remember him ever not

being good on this particular issue. Connecticut already has legal gay marriage and Lieberman is simply a lot like the rest of the CT delegation. About one of the few things he has ever been right on.

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6. And Joe really, REALLY wants to be your Senator again, so he's

trying for anything he can to make us forget what a treasonous little turncoat bitch he turned out to be.

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4. What this bill needs is some $$$ in it for corporations ... then it would fly--!!!

Maybe Obama can find a way to add a cut to Medicare to it -- ??

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7. Reid needs to stop playing games and move the standalone version forward.

I will never understand Senate rules...too many games.