BTW- DADT has not passed yet - tomorrow or Monday

[underpants]

Run time: 03:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpR8rkY8Hw8   Posted on YouTube: December 18, 2010 By YouTube Member: RandPaul4Senate Views on YouTube: 127   Posted on DU: December 19, 2010 By DU Member: underpants Views on DU: 795

 

[emulatorloo]

1. My computer isn't fast enough for video. Can you summarize what the geniuses at CNN said?

[underpants]

4. They voted on cloture today

they only need 51 votes on the actual vote so it SHOULD pass but it actually has not yet.

BTW- the obvious food safety bill passed both houses but because it didn't pass the House first (money involved) they have to redo it and the Repubs who voted for it now ( *cough* got wind from the Agri-lobby) are blocking it.

Nothing is guaranteed.

[Tx4obama]

7. It's ALL done.

They voted on cloture this morning.
Then at 3pm ET they had the FINAL vote.
The repeal of DADT passed 65-31.
The Congress is done.
Now the president will sign the bill sometime next week (before he leaves for Hawaii Wednesday).

[tabatha]

2. They were reporting the cloture.

The final vote HAS taken place. It is a done deal.

[MindandSoul]

3. Yep! A great day for equal rights! Now, Obama can sign the bill before Christmas!

And McCain can go play with himself!

[James48]

5. Could be years

Note:

It will be some time before the actual rules are repealed in the services. What today's bill does is direct the Service Chiefs to start the process. It won't be until they certify all the training is done., etc, before the actual repeal of the rules. Could be months. Could be years. We'll see.

[Tx4obama]

8. DADT is dead. There hasn't been any discharges since before Oct 21st. n/t

[hlthe2b]

6. Could you please edit and correct your subject line...

The final vote has indeed occurred and passed 65:31. That report is old, reporting the cloture vote, 63:33.

[Tx4obama]

9. The video up in the OP is from early this morning, BEFORE this afternoon's final vote.

The Senate voted and passed the repeal of DADT this afternoon a little bit after 3pm ET.

On the final vote
All democratic senators voted 'yes' except for Sen Manchin who was not there to vote.
And EIGHT republican senators voted 'yes': Collins, Scott Brown, Snowe, Murkowski, Voinovich, Kirk, Ensign, Burr

[DemocraticPilgrim]

10. I like what Bob Kincaid calls him Sen. Blanche Manchin at least he supports minimum wage though.