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Filibuster

September 22, 2010 Senate GOP Blocks Consideration Of DADT Repeal Send by The Huffington Post News Edito chairman of the Armed Services Committee, took the Senate floor after Collins to say that he agreed that members should have the opportunity to amend it, but if Republicans were to filibuster the motion to proceed to the debate, [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Don?t Ask, Don?t Tell, DREAM Act Fall Victim To Filibuster Posted by Marianne Puni An effort to get a vote on legislation repealing the don?t ask, don?t tell policy that is used to keep gays and lesbians from serving in the United States military and a vote on a bill that would open educational opportunities and a path to citizenship for undocumented Americans who are long-time U. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Don't Ask Don't Tell Filibuster - Why The... | Gather Send by David Anderson Sep 21, 2010 Later today, the US Senate will vote on whether or not to end debate on the 2011 National Defense Authorization Act. The bill includes a ke. [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Lieberman Won't Filibuster Obama's Tax Cut Plan (UPDATE) Send by The Huffington Post News Edito UPDATE 9/14 1:45 PM: Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) said on Tuesday that, while he supports a full extension of the Bush tax cuts, he will not help sustain a filibuster of a package that extends the cuts for everyone except the [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Faces Filibuster, Key Senate Vote ... Send by epicmind New York Times (blog) Do not Ask Do not Tell Repeal Faces Filibuster, cl? SS? Nat VoteABC NewsKubo relations Bem? It Milit? Picturesque Do not Ask Do not Tell. [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Greenlee Gazette: Captain Obvious: John McCain Filibuster ... Send by James L. Greenlee There has been a lot of squawking from the right about the "Dream" Act and an amendment to begin the end of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the defense appropriations bill. John McCain led a filibuster of the bill based on these two issues. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 News Roundup For 9/21/10 Posted by Marianne Puni Palin: "Flag Jeebus patriot moose snowmachine!" -Headline of the Day- "Who will win the 2012 Tea Party presidential primary?" Oh man, I don't even want to think about November 2010, let alone 2012. But what the hell, let's speculate on which bubbling bowl of crazy teabaggers will push two years from [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Republicans Filibuster Defense Bill The Washington Independent Send by Elise Foley All Democrats voted to bring the bill to the floor, but they were unable to win support of any Republicans to bypass the filibuster. The final vote tally was 56 ?yeas? and 43 ?nays.? Republicans argued the two bills were unrelated to [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Senate Will Vote Thursday On The DISCLOSE Act Posted by Marianne Puni Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) spokesman Jim Manley has confirmed that the DISCLOSE Act will be brought up for debate tomorrow and a possible vote on Thursday in the Senate. ?We?re debating DISCLOSE Act tomorrow w/ vote Thursday,? he tweeted to followers just an hour ago. Despite rumors that it might be s [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Along With DADT, Boeing Bill Tanks In GOP Filibuster | PubliCola ... Send by Josh Feit Authorizing the Pentagon to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell isn't the only thing that got flushed by the GOP filibuster this afternoon. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray proposed an amendment?co-sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS)?to the Defense [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Gay-Rights Advocates Not Thrilled With John McCain's Pledge To ... Send by James King ?Gay-rights advocates spiced things up at a meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning by protesting Senator John McCain and his vow to filibuster a vote on a bill that includes the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Senate Democrats: ?Don't Filibuster? Gay Service Ban ? New York ... Send by Top Stories - Google News Senate Democrats: "Don't Filibuster" Gay Service Ban New York Times In his State of the Union address last January, President Obama repeated a campaign-trail promise to the gay community. By the end of the year, Mr. Obama said, [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Filibuster Kills DADT Repeal In Senate Posted by Marianne Puni Senate Republicans on Tuesday blocked legislation that would have repealed the law banning gays from serving openly in the military. The partisan 56-43 vote was a defeat for Senate Democrats and gay rights advocates, who saw the bill as their last chance before November's elections to overturn the l [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 What Is The DREAM Act? Send by news.yahoo.com Republican senators are threatening to filibuster the defense authorization bill in part because Sen. Harry Reid tacked on the immigration-related DREAM Act as an amendment. Though the bill's other controversial amendment--enacting the repeal of the Don't Ask, Don't Tell military ban on openly gay service--has stolen much of the spotlight, the DREAM Act (whose acronym [ [...] ] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Leahy: Senate Breaks Filibuster On Jobs Bill | Vtdigger.org Send by Press Release The Small Business Job Creation Act modernizes the application process for US Small Business Administration (SBA) lending programs; it targets tax relief to America's 27 million small businesses; and it creates a $30 billion lending [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Filibuster | TPMDC Posted by Marianne Puni TPMDC Filibuster [...] But with only a week left until break, a packed schedule and an expected Republican filibuster, that's not looking very likely. [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 The Crossed Pond McCain's Filibuster Of Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Send by Brad McCain's Filibuster of Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal. By the by, the Senate has added a provision to the Defense Authorization Bill which would repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell (odd that they didn't seem to believe they could do that in the [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Filibuster Broken On Small Business Jobs Bill | BlueNC Send by scharrison Thanks to those efforts, the Senate has now stopped Burr in his tracks and ended the filibuster! Even though the bill does not add to the deficit and will account for 500000 jobs, Senator Burr still voted against it - that just shows [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

September 22, 2010 Sen. Brown Pushing To Extend Unemployment Benefits And End The GOP ... Send by Jade Kim Brown pushing to extend Unemployment benefits and end the GOP filibuster?. marinagipps: September 20, 2010 at 8:29 pm. I love Sherrod Brown! lanee1967: September 20, 2010 at 9:27 pm. Keep championing for the working class, Sherrod! [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 stars Rate up / Rate down Report to moderator

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