Did you notice how that ‘conservative’ Sen Lieberman (ID-CT) voted “Yea” on the bill to allow it to proceed?
Even ‘Republican’ Arlen Specter (D-PA) voted for it.
We are screwed, this thing is going to get passed.
We are screwed, this thing is going to get passed.
Pretty much so as now other cloture votes will be used to close debate and bring the bill to a vote. They can vote for cloture and use the excuse we are just giving the bill a chance to be voted up/down while they themselves can vote against it. The final passage will only need a 50 vote total plus Biden as the tie breaker.