http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/853356/postsWhat of the above do you not understand?Frist told Fox News that he had no choice but to call the Democrats' bluff on the filibuster. A vote is scheduled for next Tuesday.
"I would think the battle is just beginning. At that juncture, we would know who we need to talk to. I've got a feeling, I've got a sense that Democrats are entrenched, and our goal is to pull them out of those trenches. It may take a few days. It may take a few weeks — it may take months —but it's my goal to pull them out of those trenches."
"gifter" I've asked you several times on various threads just how you make the democrats talk/debate if they don't want to when they have 41+ votes at this time? You've evaded that question like you've never read it but you have because you answered the post with some inane answer or cut/paste.
Are you incapable of answering simple questions? You claim the democrats can be made to talk. All I'm asking you is how? Please explain that to the forum if you can. So far you've not been able to.
All the democrats have to do is keep someone in the chamber to object to unanimous request that maybe posed by the Republicans to schedule a vote. A vote can't be taken until the democrats agree or there are 60 votes to invoke cloture... Can you understand that simple thing? Or are simple things to complicated for you to understand?
I'll answer that question for you.
The bill will come to the floor when scheduled, at that time, each Senator who request a floor time will get it.
Unlike the House, there are no time limits on the Senate so each Senator can hold the floor as long as they want.
Before each Senator who has requested floor time has yeilded the floor, the only way to stop the debate is by a vote of cloture, which currently requires 60 votes.
Even if a vote of cloture is not possible, the Republicans can go ahead and start the debate process by scheduling the vote.
If each member who requests time on the floor has yielded the floor at least once, then a simple majority of 51 could end debate and the vote would be taken.
If the Republicans do this, the Democrats would be forced to "Filibuster" by continuing to speak and thus not yield the floor.
If all the Democrats refuse to take the floor, then the vote would be held. This is what "forces" them to talk, the fact that the vote will come up as soon as they stop talking.