did ya know?... The House and Senate are still in session 11:22 pm Friday night.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

The Senate just called for Quarum... waiting on a bill to pass in the House.

House is debating Pensions for aides who lost their jobs in the Dem takeover...

Shouldn't they be on vacation or something? :shrug:



:popcorn:

[XOKCowboy]

1. For $160+K I hope the work all night.

They are being paid handsomely (and I don't mean by salary) to run this country.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. agreed. They were supposed to go home yesterday...

pity they have to work overtime. :evilgrin:




Book TV Schedule: December 9th - 11th
* Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
* Uberpower: The Imperial Temptation of America
* Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security Obsessed World
* Vice: Dick Cheney and the Hijacking of the American Presidency
* Night Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War
* Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2885368

[babylonsister]

2. Their last gasp before the Dems take over! nt

[Patsy Stone]

3. They need to GO HOME

and stop hurting America. :)

[jgraz]

4. I can't believe they're so anti-family

:evilgrin:

[Suich]

5. Just turned on c-span...

the Senate is waiting for something from the House?????

Ted Stevens!!!!!!! What a hoot!

Thanks for the heads up! :hi:

[Sydnie]

8. What is Hulkmania doing in the Senate tonight?

Waiting for something to go through the tubes from the House? :rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

10. Maybe while they're waiting

he and Robert Byrd will have another "Coot-Off"! :rofl:

[Sydnie]

12. That would be worth staying up for

:rofl: :hi: :hug:

[VenusRising]

7. Not when there is one last chance to screw over workers.

I posted this in another thread, but if the staffers don't get a package, I hope their Christmas presents to their former bosses consist of an open letter to the American people detailing all the horrible things they were made to cover up. Merry Christmas, f*ckers!!:hi:

[Colonel Bat Guano]

11. Florida drilling bill?

I don't have access to CSPAN right now. Did the Senate pass the bill that permits oil drilling in Gulf waters (passed by the House earlier)? My understanding is, that bill was bundled with a zillion other things, some maybe a little more controversial for Repubs, like a trade bill, and that's the best hope for it going down.

If you see or hear of this one, please shout out on the thread, I want to know what happens there.

[Suich]

14. Sorry, I just turned it on.

Senate is waiting to vote on: FY 2007 Spending, and Tax Cuts Extension.

The drilling bill is probably on the internets tubes somewhere!!!


:hi:

[Stardust]

24. The drilling is part of the tax break bill, I think. The "tubes"don't have any

info on whether the Senate has voted on it yet.

[Suich]

28. Landrieu is talking about it now...

She wants the drilling.

[VenusRising]

16. Is this what you are referring to?

http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/08/news/economy/congress_drilling.reut/?postversion=2006120817

[Not_Giving_Up]

9. For a Congress who hasn't worked much at all, they sure are working

late on a Friday night...of course, once they adjourn, that's it. Gotta get all that last minute stuff in NOW!

[napi21]

13. As far as I know, the Dems are trying to pass a bill that would delay any raise

for the Hosue, Senate & Cenney until the minimum wage is passed. I think they also attached the bonus payments for the staffers who are being retired due to the outgoing Pubs who lost the election. I don't know if I have the patience to sit a watch this BS tonight, but I wish the Dems luck!

[Sydnie]

15. There are 5 copies of the bill

and no one knows what they are voting on because no one has seen it? Table it and move on.

Read this shit before you bring it to the floor or go home!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

17. can't interject logic into the situation!

that would be UN-AMERICAN! :P


:hi: Syd!

[Sydnie]

18. Hi Viva

We are C-SPAN junkies, aren't we?


;)


Guess we could be hooked on much worse stuff though. :hug:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. as I sit here sipping on a fat whisky pour....

:evilgrin:


:D

[buzzard]

21. Ok tell me why I am watching this I am a Canadian who has become a

junkie of US politics, I could be watching hockey or something else why am I watching this?

[Sydnie]

23. Tis the season ....

They always do this before they go on recess ... and this is like the Super Bowl of US Politics. It's 3rd down, a flag on the play, and the clock is running down. If you're like me, I have to know if they are going to pass, run the ball, or kick ... and will it make it before the whistle?

:rofl: (Can you tell I'm not much of a sports fan?)

[wundermaus]

19. congress is infested with scoundrels...

And these minions of evil do their filthiest work in the dead of night...

[Sydnie]

22. "Would it hurt your feelings to ask what the FBI said about this?"

:wtf: Shouldn't they get used to being more forthcoming? I mean, they could practice starting now and they might have it down by the end of January! :rofl:

Scott said he hasn't gotten it yet ... it must be stuck in the TUBES!!

[Suich]

25. I'm liking this Bobby Scott dude!

This is just bizarre...it's after midnight, for pete's sake! And they're talking about athletes????????

[Sydnie]

27. Well, when you only work 100 days out of 365

You gotta keep your procrastinating ass there late to finish the work. Like a kid cramming for all their finals in the same night ... :rofl:

[Sydnie]

26. This idiot thinks this bill will stop some smuck from

harrasing someone? Guess he never read any headlines about women (usually) who are killed by people who have restraining orders against them? Who thinks a phone spoofing bill is going to save a life ... raise your hand.







That's what I thought.

Now shut up and sit down. You're time here is growing short ... you Spirit of Republican Corruption Past.

[Tatiana]

29. Still in session. Amazing... n/t

[Tatiana]

30. OMG Pallone kicks ass.

Makes the Rep. Barton from Texas withdraw his request for unanimous consent on a bill. Date/time stamp of the bill being asked consent for (12/8/06) is different from the one Pallone has (11/30/06). Looks like they may have changed the bill within the last hour and tried to sneak it in?

[Sydnie]

31. they have been doing that all night

Dems have had to ask for clarification on a great number of the bills they are trying to ram through tonight.

Read up thread about Rep. Scott shaming them into, at the very least, showing them the bill before they are asked to vote on them!

[Tatiana]

32. This is good news. Kucinich was also on top of things. n/t

[Sydnie]

33. They just stopped another one with a recorded vote

The speaker had called the voice vote for the yeahs, but the recorded vote proved that he needs a hearing aid! :rofl:

[LSK]

34. hi everyone, what should I be scared about???

Nothing good comes from this Congress in the wee hours of the morning.

Im switching between CSPAN and CSPAN2.

Anyone want to give me cliff notes of the damage so far?

:scared:

[Sydnie]

35. No damage that I can see so far

The Dems are calling them on their cheap tricks and stopping them. It's been amazing to watch.

(It's just not an offical C-SPAN thread until you post in it! ;) )

[LSK]

36. tax cut extensions?!?!?!?!?

:wtf:

[Sydnie]

37. I didn't see anything about that

Is that in the Senate? I have been watching the House exclusively.

[LSK]

38. yes, it was on the bottom scroll on CSPAN2

The Senate is in Quarum probably waiting for the house so I'd rather listen to classical music instead of Tony Hug the tarbaby Snowjob.

HR6111

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00279

[Sydnie]

39. Hastert just came back to control the gavel

Something must be about to go down, or he wants to be there for the gaveling closed of the session.

[LSK]

40. thanks

Sounds like they are about to leave.

[LSK]

42. House is adjourned

Good riddance.

[LSK]

41. Looks like the India Nuke deal went through