my understanding is this (anyone correct me if I am wrong)
the cloture vote is needed to end debate on the CR...once debate is ended no more amendments can be offered and Harry Reid can then strip the language to defund obamacare. In addition voting for cloture means that Harry only needs 51 votes to pass the CR ( without the defunding portion) instead of 2/3.
I believe they are now voting on stripping all amendments.
So 60 votes to cut off debate and 51 to pass it? I think I understand it. What I don’t understand are the folks with (R)s after their names defying the will of the electorate. It is blatant “ I know you voted for me and I know you don’t want obamacare, but I’m voting for it anyway” .
I guess we need to burn up the Speaker’s phone line..