Posted on 12/18/2010 7:35:51 AM PST by Red Steel
The Senate will act on two important pieces of President Obama's progressive legislative agenda today: the DREAM Act and the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay servicemembers. By the end of the day, the path to final passage is expected to be set for DADT repeal, while DREAM is expected to languish for another Congress to pass.
Starting at around 10:30 this morning, the Senate will take up a cloture vote on DREAM. Cloture -- voted in by a 60-senator super majority -- is required to cut off debate and move a bill to final passage in the Senate. DREAM, which would provide legal status for illegal immigrants who serve in the military or earn college degrees, is not expected to hit that mark, effectively scrapping the bill for the time being.
That will set the stage for a cloture vote on a standalone DADT repeal bill, which proponents say is destined for passage. That will be the first step toward ending the nearly two-decade practice of allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military, but not if anyone who works with them knows they're gay. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who has been the driving force behind lining up the votes for DADT repeal, says he has the 60 he needs and most observers expect there to be little drama today.
Lieberman and his allies in the Democratic caucus are expected to get help repealing DADT from at least four Republicans -- Sens. Scott Brown (MA), Susan Collins (ME), Lisa Murkowski (AK) and Olympia Snowe (ME). Most of the rest of the GOP caucus is expected to vote against it, though Lieberman said yesterday that the bill may pick up support from the GOP as it heads toward final passage.
On the Democratic side, Sen. Joe Manchin (WV) has not said whether he'll support the standalone bill -- and he voted against repeal the last time it came up, as part of a defense spending bill last week. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), who voted for cloture on the spending bill, has also not said how he'll vote. Proponents of repeal say they don't need either vote to win today.
Supposing cloture is reached (which, again, is all but a foregone conclusion according to supporters of repeal), a final vote on the bill to end DADT could come as early as today. More likely than not, however, 30 hours of final debate on the measure will be kicked off by the cloture vote. That puts a final repeal vote sometime late Sunday.
The House already passed its version of the standalone DADT repeal (as well as DREAM, for what it's worth) which means that if the Senate passes the repeal this weekend it will go straight to the president's desk for likely signature.
Stay tuned throughout the day for live updates on the happenings here on Capitol Hill.
Likely means yes on DADT for her.
thank you for pointing it out and seeing hr bigger picture.
After if they get this they will say they can die for their country but cannot marry in their state so overturn DOMA.
So any idiots out there saying no big deal then they want DOMA gone then have fisting taught in schools etc.
Then it will be a crime to speak against them
CALL, CALL CALL the RINO’s you can bet the queers are
thank you for pointing it out and seeing hr bigger picture.
After if they get this they will say they can die for their country but cannot marry in their state so overturn DOMA.
So any idiots out there saying no big deal then they want DOMA gone then have fisting taught in schools etc.
Then it will be a crime to speak against them
CALL, CALL CALL the RINO’s you can bet the queers are
How many No’s right now???
Murkowski just voted yes.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2644463/posts
Gay activist hospitalized for anxiety
Orange County Register, 12/17/2010
Gay activist and Iraq war veteran Lt. Dan Choi has been hospitalized following a breakdown, ABC News is reporting.
“Dan sends his unconditional love,” said Choi’s Twitter account, after linking to the ABC article.
Choi, a Tustin High graduate, was discharged from the New York Army National Guard in July under the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy he’s been working to change. He was admitted to the psychiatric ward at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Brockton, Mass., ABC News stated.
Murkowski AYE, well no surprise there, G*damn #$^@!??@!$$$!@. Bennett of Utah AYE. Bastard.
Murky YES :(
Miller would've voted NO, AK!!
anyone who did not call and tried to stop don’t ask are just to blame as the queers themselves because of their lazy couldn’t give a crap attitude the queers are getting their agenda passed and I couldn’t even write on here what I would like t say or do right now
how many no’s now???
THANK YOU
ALL PLEASE CALL , THE NUMBERS ARE AT THE POST I AM REPLYING TO
PLEASE CALL AND CALL AGAIN THESE TRAITORS AND LET THEM KNOW REPEAL IS NOT GOOD
>> Does anybody believe when DADT passes that we will win the war in Afganistan? <<
Sure! Just wait’ll we parachute an all-gay battalion of fierce warriors into Talibanistan. That’ll show those nasty old Jihadis a thing or two!
Didn't expect that.
Murkowski is already making Alaskan voters look awfully stupid.
Voinovich, NO, wow.
Bennet, Murkowski vote yes.
Make no mistake, Lugar does not vote on his principles, he votes just to spite Conservatives. As do all Rinos.
Lately he has been trash talking Conservatives in his state..daring them to primary him.
Voinovich No!
Thank God!!
I counted 3 GOP defectors (Lugar, Murkowski, and Bennett), and 4 Democrat defectors (Baucus, Tester, Pryor, and Nelson). They’re gonig pretty fast, I might have missed some.
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