MadBadger
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:24 AM
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Are the Senators sleeping tonight? |
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Or are they pulling an all-nighter?
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:25 AM
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sandnsea
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:26 AM
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2. here for the duration, someone said |
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I guess they'll vote as long as Republicans keep offering these stupid amendments.
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:26 AM
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3. The last I read, the repubs are trying to hold the bill hostage; |
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Harry's returning the favor and holding the repubs hostage. He's not letting them take a break and I'm reading the Democrats are holding together in (not quite) lockstep. Harry calculated about 9 hours worth of repub amendments.
LOL
It's boring as hell to watch.
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sandnsea
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:27 AM
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4. Ben Nelson broke at least once |
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I haven't heard of any of the others. Disappointed that every Republican is going along with this crap too.
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Cerridwen
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:31 AM
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6. I'm never sure if one's actually broken ranks or if they've been given |
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the go ahead for political cover.
It's kinda hard to tell.
My 72-year-old mother, with Alzheimer's, was hearing about it on the news. She said, "they're acting like a bunch of little kids." She has Alzheimer's and she can still see it. Imagine what that says about those freaking teabaggers when they can't see what a woman with Alzheimer's can.
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:36 AM
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9. That's always possible |
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But I would think in this instance, if I wanted cover, I'd just lop the whole slug of votes together under one umbrella of an excuse. Otherwise they can pick apart the whole thing, "well you voted no/yes on this one, why didn't you on this other one over here". I don't remember what the particular amendment was though.
Did you hear the opt out of Medicare Part A? Why would anyone want to opt out of Part A?
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Cerridwen
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:40 AM
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11. Yeah I saw that Medicare one. |
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They're doing the equivalent of reading the phone book into the record. It's just a game to them.
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:38 AM
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10. All the 'pugs are scared of McConnell. |
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He's probably got some kind of standing threat hanging over their edge if they deviate even minutely from "the line".
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:31 AM
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5. They get 20 hours for debate on reconciliation.. |
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How many they got left after yesterday? What time did they start today?
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Cerridwen
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:32 AM
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7. I think someone in GD-P said the 20 hours had passed and that's (edit) |
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Edited on Thu Mar-25-10 12:34 AM by Cerridwen
why they're onto the brazillion amendments. They were on #25 when last I looked. eta link to stream if you need to catch a little shut-eye. http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:40 AM
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12. It went like this when the Southern segregationist filibuster was broken in '64 |
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Even though they knew they had lost, they dragged passage of the Civil Rights Act out as long as possible. Probably wanted their constituents to get in a few more lynchings before the vote came in.
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:46 AM
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13. Astounding. Just astounding. |
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I continue to be amazed at the petty nature.
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Thu Mar-25-10 01:01 AM
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16. They started about 5:15 PM eastern. Reid gave back Dem time to |
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:33 AM
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8. I haven't watched a whole lot but when Republican senators |
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put in amendments for gay rights and other liberal causes so they can change the language and KILL THE BILL, I can't believe how callous they are. I'm watching right now. Mostly these amendments are being shot down.
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Thu Mar-25-10 12:52 AM
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