Posted on 09/26/2013 7:56:10 AM PDT by gbscott1954
Help with an explanation of the Cloture Votes
When I got Senator Cochran's office I urged him to vote No on cloture. She asked me which one and proceeded to say that there were 6 cloture votes and all the Senate voted yes on the first one yesterday. She said that Senator was very experienced about how to vote so don't worry about it! Does anyone have any info as to what the 6 cloture votes are? Please educate all of us!
Everyone should realize that the political Elitists in DC don’t give a damn about We The People. They’re out for themselves to satisfy their quest for power. They’re, IMO, self-serving debris.
Capitol switchboard: (202) 224-3121...Ask for any Senator, doesn’t have to be your Senator. Ask for Kay Hagan from North Carolina for instance. Jusy say, “I am from Raleigh and I blah blah blah” She is up for re-election and might be influenceable.
Here’s what his response would be if he were honest:
“Sit down son, and let the Smart People do the thinking around here”
She was playing you for a moron.... She knew exactly what you meant....
“When I got Senator Cochran’s office I urged him to vote No on cloture. She asked me which one...”
The correct answer to that is: ALL OF THEM! Any vote that helps implement Obamadoesn’tcare, vote no!
There were no cloture votes yesterday. The vote yesterday was on the motion to proceed (to debate). This basically brings the bill to the floor (from either a committee or the House).
From the motion to proceed comes the debate. But there will be no debate because Harry Reid has made it a habit to file for cloture (an end to the debate) at the same time he files a bill. And this mandates that there be at least an additional 30 hours of debate and Reid can call for an end of the debate any time after that, which in reality, is immiediately after that.
Once debate has been ended (cloture), senators can amend the bill, but Reid will fill the “amendment tree” allowing only his amendment to strike, which will strip the defunding language. That amendment will require only a majority so they will pass that amenement, then the bill.
So to simplify, motion to proceed to debate, then the debate, but debate can be cut off by cloture, thirty hours must intervene between filing cloture and the actual cloture vote, end of debate, amendments, passage of the bill.
more likely she was trying to provoke him into saying something “vile” so they could issue a press release like Pete King did.
To all you experienced posters. I don’t usually post so I might not have done it correctly. If you had suggestions for me feel free to let me know. But “be gentle with me Mr. Spade!”
Cloture means helping Harry Reid fund 0bamaMcConnellCare.
You’re doing fine. Just remember to breathe.
And by the way, you can call back the smarmy little puke and tell her that there was just one vote yesterday, the motion to proceed vote:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_113_1.htm
I’d think a vote to debate is a good thing. Now the Republican slimes all get to show their true colors.
MAKE DC LISTEN: TELL YOUR SENATORS !
State Senator Party Phone
AK Mark Begich D (202) 224-3004
AK Lisa Murkowski R (202) 224-6665
AL Jeff Sessions R (202) 224-4124
AL Richard C. Shelby R (202) 224-5744
AR John Boozman R (202) 224-4843
AR Mark L. Pryor D (202) 224-2353
AZ Jeff Flake R (202) 224-4521
AZ John McCain R (202) 224-2235
CA Barbara Boxer D (202) 224-3553
CA Dianne Feinstein D (202) 224-3841
CO Michael F. Bennet D (202) 224-5852
CO Mark Udall D (202) 224-5941
CT Richard Blumenthal D (202) 224-2823
CT Christopher Murphy D (202) 224-4041
DE Thomas R. Carper D (202) 224-2441
DE Christopher A. Coons D (202) 224-5042
FL Bill Nelson D (202) 224-5274
FL Marco Rubio R (202) 224-3041
GA Saxby Chambliss R (202) 224-3521
GA Johnny Isakson R (202) 224-3643
HI Mazie K. Hirono D (202) 224-6361
HI Brian Schatz D (202) 224-3934
IA Chuck Grassley R (202) 224-3744
IA Tom Harkin D (202) 224-3254
ID Mike Crapo R (202) 224-6142
ID James E. Risch R (202) 224-2752
IL Richard J. Durbin D (202) 224-2152
IL Mark Kirk R (202) 224-2854
IN Daniel Coats R (202) 224-5623
IN Joe Donnelly D (202) 224-4814
KS Jerry Moran R (202) 224-6521
KS Pat Roberts R (202) 224-4774
KY Mitch McConnell R (202) 224-2541
KY Rand Paul R (202) 224-4343
LA Mary L. Landrieu D (202) 224-5824
LA David Vitter R (202) 224-4623
MA Edward Markey D (202) 224-2742
MA Elizabeth Warren D (202) 224-4543
MD Benjamin L. Cardin D (202) 224-4524
MD Barbara A. Mikulski D (202) 224-4654
ME Susan M. Collins R (202) 224-2523
ME Angus S. King I (202) 224-5344
MI Carl Levin D (202) 224-6221
MI Debbie Stabenow D (202) 224-4822
MN Al Franken D (202) 224-5641
MN Amy Klobuchar D (202) 224-3244
MO Roy Blunt R (202) 224-5721
MO Claire McCaskill D (202) 224-6154
MS Thad Cochran R (202) 224-5054
MS Roger F. Wicker R (202) 224-6253
MT Max Baucus D (202) 224-2651
MT Jon Tester D (202) 224-2644
NC Richard Burr R (202) 224-3154
NC Kay R. Hagan D (202) 224-6342
ND Heidi Heitkamp D (202) 224-2043
ND John Hoeven R (202) 224-2551
NE Deb Fischer R (202) 224-6551
NE Mike Johanns R (202) 224-4224
NH Kelly Ayotte R (202) 224-3324
NH Jeanne Shaheen D (202) 224-2841
NJ Jeff Chiesa R (202) 224-3224
NJ Robert Menendez D (202) 224-4744
NM Martin Heinrich D (202) 224-5521
NM Tom Udall D (202) 224-6621
NV Dean Heller R (202) 224-6244
NV Harry Reid D (202) 224-3542
NY Kirsten E. Gillibrand D (202) 224-4451
NY Charles E. Schumer D (202) 224-6542
OH Sherrod Brown D (202) 224-2315
OH Rob Portman R (202) 224-3353
OK Tom Coburn R (202) 224-5754
OK James M. Inhofe R (202) 224-4721
OR Jeff Merkley D (202) 224-3753
OR Ron Wyden D (202) 224-5244
PA Robert P. Casey D (202) 224-6324
PA Patrick J. Toomey R (202) 224-4254
RI Jack Reed D (202) 224-4642
RI Sheldon Whitehouse D (202) 224-2921
SC Lindsey Graham R (202) 224-5972
SC Tim Scott R (202) 224-6121
SD Tim Johnson D (202) 224-5842
SD John Thune R (202) 224-2321
TN Lamar Alexander R (202) 224-4944
TN Bob Corker R (202) 224-3344
TX John Cornyn R (202) 224-2934
UT Orrin G. Hatch R (202) 224-5251
UT Mike Lee R (202) 224-5444
VA Tim Kaine D (202) 224-4024
VA Mark R. Warner D (202) 224-2023
VT Patrick J. Leahy D (202) 224-4242
VT Bernard Sanders I (202) 224-5141
WA Maria Cantwell D (202) 224-3441
WA Patty Murray D (202) 224-2621
WI Tammy Baldwin D (202) 224-5653
WI Ron Johnson R (202) 224-5323
WV Joe Manchin D (202) 224-3954
WV John D. Rockefeller D (202) 224-6472
WY John Barrasso R (202) 224-6441
WY Michael B. Enzi R (202) 224-3424
- See more at: http://tedcruzforsenate.org/tell-your-senators-to-oppose-cloture-on-h-j-res-59/#sthash.CvqYzXvd.s4d7EOIg.dpuf
Bingo! This congressional attitude is what bothers me the most about these people! They treat their own constituents like morons and fools.
“I’d think a vote to debate is a good thing.”
It would be a good thing if they actually debated. But remember the gun “debate?” There was a motion to proceed on a Thursday and the following Wednesday there were votes on all the Amendments (and the senate doesn’t generally have floor work on Fridays or Mondays).
Since he’s been leader, Reid has been filing for cloture at the same time he files a bill so he can rush this stuff through.
Go to dontfundit.com, they will list the No votes on Cloture but I know that my own dear GOP Senator, Pat Roberts, from KS voted NO! I believe, however, that my other not so dear newly elected Senator, Jerry Moran (moron now) voted “with the leadership.........” Barbara Streisand
Cruz’ page says this:
MAKE DC LISTEN: TELL YOUR SENATORS TO OPPOSE CLOTURE ON H.J. RES 59
We must oppose cloture on H.J. Res 59, so that Harry Reid and Senate Democrats cannot sneak in funding for Obamacare. We need you to call your Senators right now: tell them to oppose cloture on H.J. Res 59 and remind them that a vote for cloture IS a for funding Obamacare.
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