Mass
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:07 PM
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Reid just announced a motion to proceed on the Abestos Bill. |
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How many votes do the Motion to Proceed need for the bill to go on the floor?
At least, they are trying to stop that horror.
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:08 PM
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1. 50 votes to proceed, but 60 votes for cloture |
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Reid said that he will not object to the motion to proceed and any filibuster will take place during consideration of the bill itself.
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:12 PM
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2. He just said that he was calling his colleagues to vote NO to the motion |
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to proceed.
Does anybody know if there is a chance they have the vote to stop that now?
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:13 PM
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3. We need to call it the Save Halliburton Bill. |
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Dick Cheney bought that company knowing full well he could ram this legislation thru Congress. Evil bastard.
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:33 PM
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4. Why are against a bill that is funded by the ins.co's, ends 20 yrs of wait |
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costs the government nothing, and which still provides for a right to lawsuit outside of the bill?
This is one I do not understand. The plaintiffs bar has expanded this so as to cover just about every America for about $3000 - less the $1,000 they would get - so the only ones getting hurt are the lawyers who do not get fees on the first $140 billion paid.
Is the Democratic Party now a cover for a $45 billion fee grab by the lawyers?
If my math is wrong please tell me. But I do not see how we help the sick folks by a filibuster, and I do not see how the lawyers are owed anything like $45 billion.
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:40 PM
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5. Specter on the floor now is accusing Reid of slander. |
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because Reid said that the bill was written by lobbyists.
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Mon Feb-06-06 03:53 PM
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6. Good grief - it was written by lobbyists - indeed by folks I know - it is |
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still a good bill.
Although I have not read the final wording and am curious to see if they just made it fair to the lawyers re the first $140 B of payout, or if they really screwed the lawyers. If the later, I can see the Democratic Party demanding amendments to make it fair to the lawyers.
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