UPDATE-HR1388,soon to be known as S277,SENATE proceeds Vote TODAY on Cloture-Let's Blow the Whistle

..(snip)…Does this not raise suspicion? While we hear of the “outrage” of the people who brought us the bonus scandal, the same people are rushing to pass the GIVE Act (you give, they take): national service. Senator Reid asked that the Senate proceed to act on this bill and then immediately asked for a cloture motion.

Cloture The cloture rule–Rule 22–is the only formal procedure that Senate rules provide for breaking a filibuster. A filibuster is an attempt to block or delay Senate action on a bill or other matter. Under cloture, the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours of debate.

This bill has been rushed through the House, sent immediately to the Senate floor and then the cloture rule is immediately invoked to prevent filibuster before the Senate has even begun to discuss this bill. Why? Why is the Democratic Party so intent on passing this bill RIGHT NOW? Didn’t they make a big enough blunder passing the Recovery Act like this? Haven’t they learned? Or maybe they have; maybe this was all planned before the new administration moved in: ram the legislation we want down the throat of the people before we even know what is happening. (They are doing the same thing with the Card Check Bill.)

Note that Senator Reid is also asking that mandatory quorum be waived.

Let’s Blow the whistle on this Bill. Reid, under the direction of Obama, is trying to strong arm the Senate today with a PUSH for cloture TODAY on HR1388.

Please call your Senators today and voice your concerns. Please let them know we deserve to hear a debate on HR1388. We want this Bill fully aired and vetted in front of CSPAN cameras as opposed to behind closed doors in “CONFERENCE” somewhere in the bowels of the Capitol.

Easy clink to contact information for your two senators. Big thanks to hyperconservative for great link below. CONTACTSENATORS

`SEC. 152. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CIVILIAN COMMUNITY CORPS PROGRAM.’;

(2) in subsection (a), by striking `Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting `National Civilian Community Corps Program’;

(3) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) of subsection (b)—

(A) by striking `Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting `National Civilian Community Corps Program’; and

(B) by striking `a Civilian Community Corps’ and inserting `a National Civilian Community Corps’; and

(4) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

`(c) Residential Components- Both programs referred to in subsection (b) may include a residential component.’.

SEC. 1503. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS.

Section 153 (42 U.S.C. 12613) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking `Civilian Community Corps Demonstration Program’ and inserting `National Civilian Community Corps Program’; and

(B) by striking `on Civilian Community Corps’ and inserting `on National Civilian Community Corps’;

(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

`(1) is, or will be, at least 18 years of age on or before December 31 of the calendar year in which the individual enrolls in the program, but is not more than 24 years of age as of the date the individual begins participating in the program; and’;

(3) in subsection (c)—

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking `Backrounds’ and inserting `Backgrounds’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following: `The Director shall take appropriate steps, including through outreach and recruitment activities, to increase the percentage of participants in the program who are disadvantaged youth to 50 percent of all participants by year 2012. The Director shall report to the authorizing committees biennially on such efforts, any challenges faced, and the annual participation rates of disadvantaged youth in the program.’;

Senate Calendar for today, Cloture Motion, click below Senate Schedule Today Cloture Vote

H.R. 1388 (ORDER NO. 35)

Ordered, That upon the conclusion of Morning Business on Monday, March 23, 2009, the Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to H.R. 1388, an act to reauthorize and reform the national service laws; provided, that the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 1388 occur at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2009; provided further, that if cloture is invoked, then the post cloture time count as if cloture had been invoked at 3:00 p.m.; further, that with respect to the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed, the mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII be waived. (Mar. 19, 2009.)

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