Earlier today cloture was successfully invoked on the bill to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," and while there is normally a 30-hour waiting period after cloture, that requirement has been waived and the vote for final passage is scheduled to be held in just a few minutes.
Watch this historic vote to end...
Earlier today cloture was successfully invoked on the bill to repeal "don't ask, don't tell," and while there is normally a 30-hour waiting period after cloture, that requirement has been waived and the vote for final passage is scheduled to be held in just a few minutes.
Watch this historic vote to end...
As we celebrate the successful vote to invoke cloture on the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell," let's first thank everyone involved in the long process to end the U.S. military's official policy of discrimination.
And then let's mock John McCain's (R-AZ) incoherent babbling in the moments before the cloture vote began:
...The Senate's cloture votes on the DREAM Act and DADT will be happening soon.
Just to give you an idea of the tone of the debates so far, let's compare Ron Wyden's (D-OR) remarks on DADT:
I don't care who you love, if you love this country enough to risk your life...
The final debates before holding cloture votes on the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" and the DREAM Act are happening in the Senate right now. Both bills will require 60 votes to end debate and move on to final passage.
And while the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" is widely expected to...
Bigotry and homophobia is running rampant in the Republican Party as they face the horror of equal right for all.
With the Senate on the verge of finally repealing "don't ask, don't tell," the U.S. military's official policy of discrimination, Republicans are now threatening our national security to stop it. Today, Sen. Bob...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, from the floor of the Senate earlier this evening:
I'm going to file cloture tonight on the DREAM Act. We'll have a cloture vote on that Saturday morning fairly early. We're going to have a cloture vote tonight on don't ask, don't tell -- not a cloture vote....
With the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" that passed yesterday in the House, the ball is now in the Senate's -- or more specifically, Harry Reid's -- court.
Last week the Senate fell three votes short of moving the repeal forward, but today, with Senators Blanche Lincoln (who missed last week's...
The number of Republican Senators supporting a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has now reached four: Scott Brown, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, and Olympia Snowe. This should be enough for passage.
Currently, there are 58 Democrats in the Senate, and 42 Republicans. On December 9th, only two Democrats, Joe Manchin and Blanche Lincoln,...
