Senate rejects bill calling for start of Iraq troop withdrawal within 120 days

MSNBC ^ | 3/15/2007 | MSNBC

[Txsleuth]

It was 50 NO...and 49 Aye.

The dems didn't even get a majority.

[TomGuy]

yahoo.news: Senate GOP turns back Iraq pullout plan

In the Senate, after weeks of skirmishing, Republicans easily turned back Democratic legislation requiring a troop withdrawal to begin within 120 days. The measure set no fixed deadline for completion of the redeployment, but set a goal of March 31, 2008. The vote was 50-48 against the measure, 12 short of the 60 needed for passage.

[msnimje]

Tim Johnson is still recovering from his massive stroke.

[American Quilter]

Please forgive my ignorance--why does it need 60 for passage?

[jveritas]

Yet another crushing defeat for the defeatists and traitors, but God forbids that some on our side will give credit to the Republican Party and the President of stopping the traitors from achieving anything meaningful.

[Txsleuth]

Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson both voted NO.

[sanjacjake]

R's better get act together and stick together...
the D's are out to kill everything they can, while
they can, and that includes trashing everything in
sight...Libby was just tip of the iceburg..they
are after everyone from President on down...This is
the sneaky Bast...d modus operandi...sooner it is
stopped..better 2008 will be... JK

[jveritas]

It needs 60 votes for cloture to end the debate and hence allow a final vote. The democrats are never going to get 60 votes on any of their defeatists and treasonous resolution or bill to pass in the Senate, and hence even if the House pass such a bill, it won’t matter because it is dead for not passing in the Senate.

[tobyhill]

Absent a filibuster and with Johnson it still would have been 50-50 with Cheney as tie breaker.

[unkus]

Thanks for the good answer.

[jveritas]

Anytime :)

[cripplecreek]

One reason to be grateful for Joe Lieberman. Besides, I get a thrill out of knowing he irritates the heck out of his party.

[Laverne]

I'm glad to hear this; we knew LIeberman would vote NO, and I'm really glad to hear that Ben Nelson voted NO as well. He is another democrat who undertands and works, for the most part, for the betterment of the country rather than the betterment of his party.

[jveritas]

Despite that we differ with Senator Lieberman on almost all fiscal and most social issues, he is with us on the most important issue of the day: The war on terror. For this we should be very grateful for this man.

[TomGuy]

Please forgive my ignorance--why does it need 60 for passage?

Because Trent Lott (R) made a deal with Tom Daschle (D) to institute that ridiculous rule in the early part of this century.

[tobyhill]

I just heard McCain didn't even vote so it would have been 51-48 against this bird brain Traitorcrat idea.

[jveritas]

Although is hurt us before, this rule is helping us now not just to defeat the traitors and defeatists when it comes to the war but also on other issues. Do you know that the minimum wage bill is still stuck in the Senate because Republicans are not accepting it? Imagine how impotent and weak the democrat are in the Senate because of this 60 votes rule, at least for the next 2 years it is not a bad thing at all :)

[batter]

Good!

[jveritas]

Toby

I think this great news should be in the breaking news section. You may want to ask the moderators if they would like to move it there.