Here’s an interesting update involving the Syrian Chemical Attacks we discussed up thread and the related White Helmets Actions. Russia presentation to UN as articulated by RT:
‘Organ traders, terrorists & looters’: Evidence against Syrian White Helmets presented at UN
Published time: 21 Dec, 2018 00:53
Edited time: 21 Dec, 2018 09:39
The ‘White Helmets’ are not a rescue group but an extension of jihadist militants, and should be designated a terrorist organization, Russia’s envoy to the UN argued at the presentation of evidence into the group’s wrongdoing. snip
It was in this suburb of Damascus that the White Helmets staged the “chemical attack” that served as the pretext for French, UK and US missile strikes against the Syrian government in April this year. snip
https://www.rt.com/news/447091-white-helmets-terrorists-russia/
DON’T HAVE ANOTHER SOURCE TO LOOK AT YET.
In case anyone is wondering, I checked to see what it takes to have a quorum=51 Senators.
What does it take for cloture? 3/5 Vote which is 60 if there are 100 Senators. It seems to me that the number would change, with the number present, but I’m not sure.
It depends on how the rules are written - Is it 3/5 of the Senators present? Or is it 3/5 of the Senators elected and sworn in?
At any rate, it only takes 51% to pass a bill - the stumbling block is the cloture rule, which must be passed in order to allow a vote.
That’s all I found so far. I don’t know how they can make it into a budget reconciliation bill - but that’s what Pelosi did in order to get the ACA passed and avoid the lack of 60 vote cloture.
The ‘White Helmets’ are not a rescue group but an extension of jihadist militants, and should be designated a terrorist organization, Russia’s envoy to the UN argued at the presentation of evidence into the group’s wrongdoing. snip
It was in this suburb of Damascus that the White Helmets staged the “chemical attack” that served as the pretext for French, UK and US missile strikes against the Syrian government in April this year. snip
https://www.rt.com/news/447091-white-helmets-terrorists-russia/
DON’T HAVE ANOTHER SOURCE TO LOOK AT YET.
1,668 posted on 12/21/2018, 4:12:34 AM by greeneyes
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Wow! thanks!