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Senate Cloture motion on $1 Trillion pork bill passes, 61-36 [FTR: Senator Corker DOESN'T support it
http://www.cnn.com/ ^

Posted on 02/09/2009 3:04:21 PM PST by jessduntno

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 111th; bailout; barackobama; bho2009; bho44; bhostimulus; collins; congress; corker; corkerproceduralvote; corruption; democrats; economy; elections; firsthundreddays; neomarxism; obama; obamatruthfile; porkulus; snowe; socialism; socialistagenda; specter; stimulus; stimuluswatch; taxes
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To: blam
The House and Senate still have to reconcile. This isn't done by any means until it hits Zero's desk.

Corker will be defeated in 2012 however.

41 posted on 02/09/2009 3:12:49 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (The Libertarian and Constitution Parties should merge into one)
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To: jessduntno
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
42 posted on 02/09/2009 3:12:59 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (This is not an Administration. It is a Sitcom.)
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To: benjibrowder
Collins, Snowe, and Specter all just lost hope of Reelection.

Let's not kid ourselves. Specter, however, is toast.
43 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:00 PM PST by Norman Bates
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To: LiveFreeOrDie2001

I think Corker voted for it due to a procedural manuver. You always have one guy who supports the fillibuster to oppose the fillibuster so they can bring it up for a vote again.


44 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:08 PM PST by WheresMyBailout
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To: rabscuttle385

Vote on cloture.


45 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:24 PM PST by John W
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To: jessduntno

46 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:29 PM PST by Lucky9teen (I TOLD YA SO...More and more headlines start off with "President Obama has made a major mistake ...")
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To: Edizzl79
If there were Republicans that voted for this bill, and conservatives threaten to vote them out of office, wont there be a greater chance of their seats being filled with democrats?

Yes but that's why they need to be defeated in their primaries. Spector almost fell victom to a primary challenge but the Bush admin backed him to the hilt.

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47 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:31 PM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: KansasGirl
CORKER!

It's apparent that that stupid MFer doesn't read his e-mails, answer his phone calls, or read his faxes and snail-mail because if he did, he'd know that he's never going to be elected in any office again. What a stupid, f******ing, idiotic, brain-dead, liberal moron.

48 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:34 PM PST by meyer (The left is flooding the ship - let's quit bailing water. We are all John Galt.)
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To: PhiKapMom
The Senate has adjourned for lunch.


49 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:37 PM PST by Deo volente (High Noon, January 20, 2009: Our long national nightmare begins.)
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To: WheresMyBailout

A voice of reason. That is exactly what they do — Corker was the person for the GOP Senators.


50 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:44 PM PST by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Sam Bradford Heisman! LetsGetThisRight.com RED STATE Oklahoma Republican)
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To: Lucky9teen

LOL, priceless.


51 posted on 02/09/2009 3:13:57 PM PST by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: jessduntno

You jumped the gun. This is the vote for cloture, not voting for the bill!!


52 posted on 02/09/2009 3:14:01 PM PST by utahson
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To: PhiKapMom

“This vote was to end DEBATE not for the BILL. The person who put up this thread did not know what he was talking about. The vote on the bill is tomorrow morning. Then the bill goes to conference and comes back to both House and Senate for a final vote on the conference committee.”

SEMANTICS. PROCEDURAL STUFF BE DAMMED, WHO IS GOING TO CHANGE THEIR MIND???? THEY GOT US. THANKS MAINE!!!

By a vote of 61-36, the Senate voted to cut off debate, setting up a likely vote on final passage Tuesday. Democrats needed a 60-vote majority.

If the bill passes Tuesday as expected, lawmakers will then have to reconcile the differences between the Senate and House versions of the package.


53 posted on 02/09/2009 3:14:29 PM PST by jessduntno (The bailout is "Obama's trillion-dollar debacle.")
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To: Guenevere

This was the vote to for cloture to end discussion. Vote on the bill is tomorrow. Person who started this thread had the wrong information and no matter how much some of us are shouting some people continue to ignore what this vote was all about.


54 posted on 02/09/2009 3:14:53 PM PST by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Sam Bradford Heisman! LetsGetThisRight.com RED STATE Oklahoma Republican)
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To: Perdogg

I think you are right. It was a vote to cut off debates. Not that that will change the final tally.


55 posted on 02/09/2009 3:15:13 PM PST by dforest (life is now good again....he has been inaugurated)
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To: jessduntno

Perhaps you should ask the mods to change the title of your thread to match the actual story: “Key Senate vote advances $827 billion stimulus bill”. This would also be more accurate since they haven’t voted on the bill but only to end debate on the bill.


56 posted on 02/09/2009 3:15:35 PM PST by VRWCmember
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To: rabscuttle385

What the heck is a test vote?


57 posted on 02/09/2009 3:15:38 PM PST by EBH ( Directive 10-289)
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To: WheresMyBailout

I’ve heard of that rule before but somehow I wouldn’t be surprised to see that Corker actually supports this.


58 posted on 02/09/2009 3:15:46 PM PST by Norman Bates
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To: PhiKapMom

Thank-you!


59 posted on 02/09/2009 3:15:55 PM PST by Guenevere ("He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain that which he cannot lose")
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To: meyer

It is apparent that you did not bother to read this thread or you would know they always pick someone to vote with the other side in case it has to come back up. Corker was that person for the GOP leadership.

This was about CLOTURE ONLY not the stimulus bill which will be voted on tomorrow.


60 posted on 02/09/2009 3:16:09 PM PST by PhiKapMom ( BOOMER SOONER! Sam Bradford Heisman! LetsGetThisRight.com RED STATE Oklahoma Republican)
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