Is Senate Healthcare vote in 30 minutes?

[No Passaran]

What channel/

[still_one]

1. CSPAN

[valerief]

2. cspan2 has the senate chattering now. nt

[Parker CA]

3. GOP trying to stall based on an obscure rule 44 about earmark disclosure in managers bill.

[Morning Dew]

4. on the web @

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

[lpbk2713]

5. Chris Dodd is speaking right now.

N/T

[AllenVanAllen]

6. C-SPAN 2 Stream

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2_wm.aspx

[LSK]

7. CNN is kinda playing it but also blabbing during the coverage

[buchols]

8. 3 votes

I read this is the 1st of 3 votes in the Senate... what is each one for? 1 cloture, 1 for passage. What's this one?

[Egnever]

9. this is for cloture on reids amendments

The Senate is expected to vote for cloture on the manager’s amendment Monday at 1am.



watching for the vote now on cspan and mcconel is blowing as he usualy does.

[lapfog_1]

13. There will be at least 4 votes.

Cloture on the manager's amendment. 60 votes needed (tonight)

Cloture on the bill. 60 votes needed - Christmas Eve?

Approval of the bill (sends to conference) 50 votes needed - Christmas Eve?

End Filibuster on adoption of the joint bill from conference - 60 votes

(and maybe one more) Approval of the bill - 50 votes needed

[Hekate]

10. I'm watching Mitch McConnell blather and lie on CSPAN. Is that Hatch behind him?

They all look pretty tired, but that doesn't stop them for a moment in their torrent of lies. :grr:

Hekate

[Parker CA]

11. Yes, that's Hatch. nt.

[Egnever]

12. wups harry just made a nice mistake there.

Freepers are gonna jump all over the naacp remark.