Let’s vote!

Another lurkin’ Zed ?

grrrrr

Here we go!

upperdown! upperdown!

Damn !

Wow, my first zed. Not that much of a lurker.

Dick The Death Fetishist Cheney keeps a chunk of the house where Abu Musab al Zarqawi was killed.

We all knew that he’s a death worshipping sicko.

-GSD

WooHoo

PUT UP THE SCOREBOARD!

Vote!

These people should be tried for treason. Harry too.

((((( Jane )))))

Thanks for venturing into Harry’s mind and telling us what’s really going on in there.

Don’t forget to breathe y’all, might be a long vote.

Goddammit! I had to take a leak, and I missed the first part of the roll call.

I hate that CSPAN doesn’t have commercials! :)

my realplayer keeps crapping out. radio and tv. need that scorecard.

The Beerfart line is still “no” + 8. They would have to get 68.

The lady calling out the roll sounds like she’s subtly mocking some of their names.

If it ends up passing in the end….then what do we do???

Closed.

I can’t stand Harry Reid.

Can someone liveblog the roll call, please?

The Senate does not display running vote totals, only the House does that.

Cheney and Bush…so very manly!

What’s the deal? Calling all the names with no one (practically) in the room?

I just logged on to FDL and turned on CSPAN. What is the current roll call about?

How can you tell you votes which way?

Where to get a rollcall ASAP ?

No information to provide. Just naming names and can’t hear any response (as most are not even there).

Sure would be nice if any of our glorious Dems would state for the record that the telcos are already protected under both FISA and the traditional crim wiretapping statute and that they will have a valid indemnification claim for any losses they are hit with

They don’t do scoreboards in the senate. You need to keep track yourself, or wait for final tally. She will announce votes after first roll call run-through.

Great post Jane! Reid is still a weasel until he proves he isn’t…

immanentize- you still reading? Great to see you. Missed you. Welcome back! xxooo

Yeah, what’s going on? Did they already give the clerk written votes or something? Not a single Senator has responded with an oral vote, unless they’re blocking them out on the audio.

Where are the Senators?

I’m always amazed, whenever I watch C-Span, how much dillydallying goes on. I want to be a Senator! I’d never have to do anything

Cheney must have it mounted along with his Harry Wittington stuffed head.

-G

P.S. US diplomat found dead in Pakistan but don’t worry, it was a suicide because the Pakistanis said so.

Think it’s a roll call prior to the cloture vote.

Jello Rockefeller is stalking around the well like he’s got a load in his pants, stinkin’ up the joint.

ok smooth this out – what are they voting on?

Is that Obama?

Bayh and Obama voted no.

can they vote by proxy or in write in ballots?

Vitter is there. Whore out of town. Was that whitehouse’s voice I heard?

Whoa, Obama voted “no”.

There it goes. Goddamn Lugar voted for cloture…but Bayh voted against!

Them’s my sad limpdick senators.

So, that’s 8 nay’s and 4 yea’s so far?

Obama got his no in fast!

Bayh in negative. Good sign.

Obama: negative.

No- Bayh Cardin Conrad Obama

Bayh voted no! Yay!

Comes on screen soon

You’re supposed to do that when Mitch goes up.

Harry: “With a shirk like this, who needs plants?”

As the family member of a former diplomat, that’s a heartbreaking report. Wonder what the Pakistani government will concoct as an explanation?

while we are waiting whats all the fcc airtime for sale on thurs. about?

Feingold – no
Coleman – aye

Immunity already provided was the response I gave to the Grassley(R IOWA) staffer who actually called me back to discuss FISA today.I was shocked, shocked to find out that Grassley cared to question der fuhrer’s orders.

Feingold – No

Whoa, Obama voted “no”. So did Bayh.

“How can you tell you votes which way?”

You can’t, until the end. Even if you hear “Dodd — No”, that doesn’t mean that Dodd will wind up voting no, because he can still flip his vote until the time voting closes. Its a Senatorial privilege to change your mind and align with your party.

Bob in HI

Jello jay – No

Alexander – aye
Rockefeller – no
Thune – aye

Rockefeller voted no…

I want to be a Senator! I’d never have to do anything

Problem is, you have to wear a damn suit all the time. Fuck that noise!

Durbin no

I mean the votes of each member. Somebody here will probablyb have it.

Coryn – aye
Stevens – aye
Durbin – no
Clinton – no
Whitehouse – no

Clinton managed to get herself there to vote “no” as well.

Wouldn’t it be funny as hell if they only get 59 votes for cloture, and McCain’s absence is what triggers the filibuster?

Whitehouse no

I think this is going to be party line vote, so you can tally just party crossovers. Clinton, Whitehouse just voted NO. Specter said he will vote NO. No DEM said they would vote AYE.

This is tense.

Whitehouse no!

I am at 14 aye and 10 no after Dodd’s vote. Is that right?

Clinton no!

How long do the have to get to the Senate chamber and vote?

bushco will veto if he doesnt get his way??

Did I hear Clinton: No. She showed up?

Durbin changed his mind since I called his office this morning! Sweet.

CLINTON voted no. doodette is THERE!
wish she and obama would’ve SAID SOMETHING!

How did Bush Dog Salazar vote?

Are they drawing this vote out on purpose? Isn’t it too late for arm-twisting. What’s the hold-up?

Durbin, Obama, Clinton, Whitehouse, Dodd…. NO!!

No Votes- so far
Bayh
Cardin
Obama
Durbin
Rockefeller
Clinton
White
Dodd
Feingold

Clinton whitehouse No

I thought of that too. Would be hilarious. Don’t thimnk it’s gonna happen. if he was needed he’d be there.

Dodd – no
Domenici – aye

Funny and sick. It would be great for the GOP to saddle Crazy McCain with that but it would be sick that so many “Democrats” voted with the GOPers. I’d demand that they do in reality what they have been hinting at all along: switch parties officially.

interesting tableau: Hillary chatting with McCain; Obama chatting with his back more or less to Hillary. :)

I love this kind of rush. Lahoma is with me watching. She never looks excited. But I can tell when she is.

Guess all those comments to the Obama and Clinton offices finally got through. They are paid to be senators, not to campaign. They dragged their asses to cast a vote. Pressure works.

oops, not McCain, but it sure looked like him from the back.

Vitter – aye
Hatch – aye
Reed – no
Greg – aye
Smith – aye
Murray – no
Sununu – aye

Any Repubs vote no?

Mr. Craig Aye (have a wide stance)

Did I hear Clinton: No. She showed up?

Yup. If you’re watching, you can see her smoozing with someone on the floor.

Reed (RI) No
Murray No

Remember how DeLay used to cheat in the House and hold the vote open in order to twist Republican arms?

just back in – how’s it looking? anybody?

Kerry- no

Yeah, I think that there’s some strange stuff going on. There was a US diplomat killed in The Sudan last week and also reportedly two US soldiers on leave in West Africa were found dead.

Add that to the bombing in Lebanon and I think that there may be a growing effort at targeting Americans.

Ever more Bush disasters looming in the distance.

-G

hi susan. i’m in colorado too. canNOT STAND salazar. we need better!

Mrs. Clinton – No

Nelson (NE) is a crossover to Aye

Nelson Nebraska first cross-over, aye.

McCain isn’t there. Hill chatting with Dodd, I think.

Klobichar – no
Kerry – no
Bennet – aye
Crapo – aye
Nelson of Nebraska – aye
Leahy – no

Nelson (NE)- aye
Leahy- no

Fuck Ben Nelson.

Nelson of Nebraska, DINO, voted aye

Nelson of Nebraska…rat fink!

Klobuchar was a no.

How soon can Nelson be primaried?

Nelson of Nebrska – aye

Addington’s probably arranging for the day’s email to go straight to the digital trashcan.

I read an infuriating piece at antiwar.com via the L.A. Times which suggested that congressional “gridlock” was due to Pelosi and Reid’s failure to “reach across the aisle” early in this congress, preferring “smash mouth tactics” which alienated the president and congressional republicans. I.e., it’s all the democrats fault.
Is this the prevailing mainstream view?

I apologize for Saxby Chambliss’ aye.

When you have a moment you can page back to earlier posts. Clinton issued a statement this weekend.

I think Nelson of Nebraska needs his fax lines bombarded with uncomplimentary things.

Schumer better vote no! Or “No vote for you, Schumer!”

Anyone have a running tally? My inter-tubes got messed up and I missed some votes, I think.

Mckatskil no!

We need to deal harshly with Blue Dogs.

Repubs will vote in lockstep. Which Dems will be traitors to the country?

nelson – traitor

Boxer on the side of angels as expected

Mccaskill – no!

Atta girl McCaskill.

Landrieu no. Good news.

Nuck Felson.

-G

Suxby Chumpliss and Johnnie Cockring aye!

Landrieu no!

Landrieu NO. What a surprise.

Landrieu…the erstwhile DINO votes NO

Inoye and Landrieu = no = Very good sign.

Inoye flips – No!

Bayh – no?

I knew he’d give in to pressure!! (is it proper to take a bow for being a pain in the ass?)

wyden no!

BINGO – OKK

We’re racking up the No’s

so with McLieberain both missing, what is the total of senators present. Is Darth presiding?

Cantwell no
Levin – no
Chambliss – aye
Bingaman – no
McCaskill – NO!
Cochrin – aye
Enzi – aye I think
Boxer -no
Inoye – no

Landrieu – NO!

Tester – no
Wyden -no
Johnson – no

Aye votes to table the bill are not NAY votes on cloture, Landrieu, Inouye, Mikulski, etc.

Looks like about 50 AYE votes in the end. Certainly not 60. Stick a fork in this one, it’s done. The mystery is “what about cloture on the Reid amendment?”

is Dodd talking with anyone ?

Isakson will probably follow Saxby, as he always does.

What is at stake: will our government stand for the rights of oridinary citizens and the rule of law, or powerful corporate interests and a unitary executive?

It’s appalling that we have reached the point where it is unclear what our legislators will decide to do on this issue!

It doesn’t get more important than this.

OMG Landrieu and Johnson, NO.

Huzzah for Mr. Johnson!

-G

Hmmm. Jane, did anyone on the Dem side ever point out what this Kabuki dance was really about? It’s not about whether or not the telecoms are going to have to pay damages for breaking the law. It about whether or not we’re ever going to find out exactly how much lawbreaking they were doing.

Grassley sucks but I gave his staffer my best shot

No votes so far, I think…
Bayh
Cardin
Obama
Durbin
Rockefeller
Clinton
Whitehouse
Reed (RI)
Murray
Klobuchar
Kerry
Leahy
Cantwell
Levin
Bingamrn
Mccaskill
boxer
inouye
landrieu
tester
widen
johnson

Tally so far, anyone?

Yay McCaskill! Clearly my email made the difference :-)

i can’t stand the anticipation! hoping… hoping….

Feinstein NO.

Feinstein no!

DiFi no

Is there one Republican that has any honor? It’s a rhetorical question.

I’ll predict 52-48, with one either way.

Kinda wish they’d get all 21st century and shit – put buttons for their votes so the count is autom…
Feinstein NO

Dianne Feinstein just saved herself from my pissy email.

difi no

are not NAY votes shpould have been are now NAY votes.

Nelson of Fla?

I just heard some voice (a Senator?) say in the background, “I haven’t done anything wrong”.

Fienstein: No.

mcCaskill and Feinstein are NO

Brown – no
Roberts – aye
Corker – aye
Dorgin – no
Wicker – aye
Feinstein -no
akaka n0
Warner – aye
Sanders -no
Hegel -aye

mighta missed one in there, a rethug I think mebbe

DiFi “no” – sounds like we got through to her.

Inouye voted no, apparently he got an earful…

Specter will vote no. He announced so from the floor of the Senate earlier today.

feinstein, no

Woo-hoo, Webb voted no. And Baucus too.

has spector voted?

Specter – No!!

Inofofe -aye
Cole – no
Biden -no
Webb – no
Baucus no
missed somebody else

Specter NO!

Specter: No!

Atta boy! ;)

Kay Faily EYE.
what a MORON

Haven’t heard from him yet.

nevermind – spector voted no

Hi folks…

Spector NO!!!!

Yeah!

Specter- no!

Arlen Specter NO.

John, no? I didn’t even realize he was back at work. Shows you how closely I’ve been following this.

Yep, he just did.

Whew, Casey = no. He’s a slimeass bluedog.

Specter votes no!! What turned his worm??

Hutchinson aye
Specter no
Casey – no
Byrd – no

I didn’t believe it until I heard No from Specter, though.

No Votes-
Bayh
Cardin
Obama
Durbin
Rockefeller
Clinton
Whitehouse
Reed (RI)
Murray
Klobuchar
Kerry
Leahy
Cantwell
Levin
Bingaman
Mccaskill
boxer
inouye
landrieu
tester
widen
johnson
brown
dorgan
feinstein
akaka
sanders
biden
kohl
webb
baucus
specter
casey
byrd

sen lautenburg and menendez – i havent heard their vote

Snowe aye

Anyone know the count?

Snow – aye. What a maroon.

Jane Hamsher has a true genius for summarizing this kind of Kabuki congresional proceedings. She needs to patent it.

Byrd aye? WTF?

Byrd Eye

I think the vote will be cloture loses. It seemed to me that Reid was already preparing for bush to blast them tonight. And he already attacked that. And laid the groundwork for an extension… and that battle.

That’s how I read it. Rockefeller was to have spoken. But didn’t. They must have caucused, realized they had the votes, and then decided to have Reid speak.

Arlen may be the only GOP defector.

Nelson may be the only Democrat defector.

-G

“Inoye flips – No!”

Good! If his no vote holds, then maybe our ground game here in Hawaii helped.
I used Christy’s & EW’s posts for ammo with local folks.

Bob in HI

sorry about cuckleburr

Kennedy. No. He da man.

I apologize for Saxby Chambliss’ aye.

Oh scrabbulous Marion, You will so appreciate this
Scabby Slash Mix

byrd changed?

snow – you ass.

Menendez no

Pryor, crossover to AYE

Stab-us-now is a NO

Specter votes no!! What turned his worm??

He always votes for the Constitution when he knows his vote won’t matter.

Nearly a party line.

Snow – aye
Berg? aye
KEnnedy – no
Craig – aye
Carper – no
Stabenow – no
Pryor aye
Menendez no

Obama on hand?

Even though his staffer confirmed it I did not believe Specter as well!

Pryor Eye !

when they annouince the vote does everyone sit down?

sen byrd voted aye??

Both “no.”

Whoa…what?? Byrd aye?

Maine needs 2 new Senators! Dump Collins and Snow.

I thought I heard a no and then a yes, shortly afterwards for Byrd.

I think you’re mistaking Byrd (D-WV) for Burr (R-NC). Don’t make that mistake.

Crossovers so far, Nelson (NE), Pryor, and Specter. No way can there be 60 AYE votes. 51 at the most, McCain is out.

707! I love “six shabby clams” most, I think!

I heard Byrd, aye…did he correct to no?

They’re both safe no.

database error on fdl and real player crapping out or as we say in the BlueBay, err’a. help, Bluebaystate lost at sea. send out the (old) coastie guard.

No — that’s:

Byrd (D-WV) — NO
Burr (R-NC) — AYE

Byrd voted nay, I think.

(R)Burr voted aye.

-G

might as well expect Dole to vote aye she has no shame

Collins aye
graham aye
lautenberg no
allard aye

It must be getting close now. Sheesh, we need a scorecard

For sure.

Collins aye of course – she hitched her wagon to Lieberman’s doomed star. She’ll be gone this November.

Did Byrd flip?

Obama votes “present.”

(sorry, coyuldn’t resist.)

Salazar —no

Byrd – Aye/??????
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

The crossover for Pryor would have been a no vote. Only two D’s vote with Bush more than Pryor. Hillary and Wes Clark are ardent fundraisers for Pryor.

I could have sworn I heard Byrd as a no…

Salazar NO. Must be getting pretty close to done by now.

Salazar- NO

Woo-hoo, Salazar [100% certified weasel] – “no”

YES! Salazar NO

Salazar NO!

you’re right. but I can’t figure it out without a scorecard.

Maine needs 2 new Senators! Dump Collins and Snow.

Collins is going to have to go first. Snowe is much shrewder and is going to be a lot harder to knock out.

Thanks for the clarification.

Salazar goes no this time – he voted against the SJC version of the bill Thursday.

GOP: Dem Effort to Extend Surveillance Law That Must Not Lapse Is Unacceptable

Doesn’t that sound like a good headline for The Onion?

Except it is actually what the GOP is saying. Missed this over at TPM ‘cuz of having so much fun commenting over here during the cloture debate.

Chimpy’s gonna be pissed. He set this up as a Can’t Lose” and this is a big dis.

Schumer: No.

nelson FL vote yet or is her waiting to try to play it safe?

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Phew, thanks.

Murkowski aye
Schumer no
somebody – aye, who?

wouldn’t it be simpler just to check any Dems who voted Aye?

Then do the math…along with Specter.

thanks Christy

Landrieu just changed her vote????

WTF??? Landruieu now AYE???

Landrieu changed to aye?

My lady is calling for a margarita. This could have meaning.

Landrieu flipped, because she knows the votes are there. What a fucking coward.

Landrieu just flipped! Aye

Byrd aye? WTF?

I believe that was Burr, Rethug of NC

Landrieu switched to “AYE”!! BEE-Yatch!!

Landrieu switched to AYE. Hahahahah. She’s notorious for switching.

Whoa…what??? I thought Landrieu voted NO

imm!

wait a minute, now theyre saying landrieu aye.

Is there someone else that sounds like Landrieu that was just an aye?

Landrieu defected

Landrieu aye? I thought I heard her as a no.

Shelby = aye

Thanks for the clarification, it’s not always possible to tell exactly what the clerk’s saying.

looks like landrieu just flip-flopped.

I can’t believe they are allowed to change their votes…

Damnit,, please whose got the scorecard?

you heard cuckleburr say aye

Harry Reid, how courageous.

Salazar is an ass. WE DON’T WANT HIM HERE IN COLORADO!
amazing he did a right thing here.
talk about just saved himself from ALOT of bitchin’ from me.
(they KNOW me in those offices)

Landrieu just switched her No to AYE

Reid – no

How’s the numbers?

Lincoln another crossover to AYE

Woo hoo! Filibuster! Can we have the SOTU and the filibuster side-by-side? The networks should go for broke and put the “24″ clock at the bottom!

Nelson FLA????

My favorite: Scab Blahs My Six

Let’s hope these fuckers get–and keep–the idea that we’re their bosses, not AT&T and Verizon.

The chairman of the 45th District Democrats in Washington State talked me out of picketing Mary Landrieu’s appearance at the fundraising dinner FIVE YEARS ago. I’ll be sorry for the rest of my life that I didn’t do it.

-S

Poke in the “eye” for Dems who vote “Aye!”

Sheesh, add Landrieu to the nasty fax list

That’s why they’re all chatting on the floor now. They’re making deals with each other and bullying each other for votes. We’ll see more changes before time is up.

Blanche Lincoln voted Aye?

Last second arm-twisting.

That was Burr R(NC)

Dude, Byrd voted NO despite 14K.

and after all Bush did for LA after Katrina….

It might not have been Byrd. Perhaps it was Burr.

Lincoln–Bushocrat from Arkansas “Aye.”

traitorous scum? nelson, lincoln, pryor, landrieu

Lincoln went ‘aye’, too. All the usual DINOs probably got clearance from Reid that the GOP won’t get to 60. Saint John McCain’s not there, which makes it a bit easier.

(Funny how the supposed RINOs like the Maine Queens never do that.)

Byrd voted NO. Burr — who is a Republican from NC voted yes.

Good lord, people — look at the list of Senators and realize there are two Senators with similar names before you start trying to smear someone, would you please?

ya know, if I thought she got something out of it – for New Orleans – I’d be okay with it…

Mikulsi – No!

Cloture is not going to pass … it takes quite a few defectors to accomplish that, and there are way too few

I called her twice asking how could she support the admin that let her constituents die? Well lady, guess you have to die a political death. except they shipped all the living dems to texas. shit.

What I want to see on the floor is some Japanese-style bullying.

We flipped Salazar! But he’ll still vote for immunity.

Lincoln – aye
Mikulski no

Woo hoo! Filibuster!

I think the point of this vote is that in the absence of 60 votes for cloture, the bill is held up without the need for a formal filibuster.

Mikulski NO

How can they change their mind once they vote?

New to this URL quoting tool, here’s the link to the TPM item:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005154.php

Let’s see if it gets pasted in correctly using the tool

Wish C-SPAN would get the crawl right – it’s not FISA that expires. *grrrr*

Landrieu just switched her No to AYE

does that mean the dems don’t need her vote?

I see Little Leprican Mikulski toddled in to vote “no” at the last minute.

Motion denied

here we go….

Motion is not agreed to!

FAILED!!!

NO-45

Aye-48

The motion is not agreed to.

Snowe and Collins aye. I apologize for Maine. At least Collins is up in Nov.

McConnell will lay down th law about voting on the Reid amendment.

Valley!

Hello! — and so long! — gotta catch the 5:30 train!

booyah!!!

I love how they dampen the sound so you can’t hear the threats and deal-making.

A big Nelson “HA HA!” (Simpsons Nelson, not that ballsack Nelson of NE)

Fails. That’s what I’m talking about.

My mistake on Landrieu. Final tally 48 aye 45 no, motion fails!

48 to 45: we win!

No wins!!!

Oh god, Mitch is going to whine now.

I don’t have no list. Who got a list?

“Senate, sit your asses down!”

DOES NOT CARRY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

everythings coming doubled. anyone else get posts 2x?

Something like this:

No Votes-
Bayh
Cardin
Obama
Durbin
Rockefeller
Clinton
Whitehouse
Reed (RI)
Murray
Klobuchar
Kerry
Leahy
Cantwell
Levin
Bingaman
Mccaskill
boxer
inouye
landrieu
tester
widen
johnson
brown
dorgan
feinstein
akaka
sanders
biden
kohl
webb
baucus
specter
carper
stabenow
menendez
lautenberg
salazar
byrd
shumer
reid
mikulski

McConnell really is a freak. This is from Lahoma.

Let Bush veto!

Jo Mary landrieu voted “No.”

So pass the bill and make Bush veto it

question on property law if you don’t mind;

I do not believe law makers can take away my right to recover property, I don’t see how they are even allowed to give “retro active immunity”

that’s giving away what they took from me, this is my property they can keep if awarded and I don’t see how they can possibly have the authority

The Blue Dogs have to be driven out of the Democratic Party.

Go, Dodd, go!

Ya know, having sworn not to watch the SOTU, it’s almost tempting to watch Bush have a hissy fit today.

McConnell: I have no autonomy, being merely the representative for the Veto Sharpie.

How odd, I just had to call Salazar’s Denver office and say well done..
go figure..

McConnell is splainin the next vote. I hear laughter. Going to oppose 30 day bill – urging rethugs to vote against cloture

McConnell is trying to protect the President from having to veto a 30-day extension like he promised, but urging No votes on cloture for the 30-day extension bill.

A victory for We the People!

More work ahead. But celebrate every victory!

Why does Miss McConnell think he’s the Majority Leader?

McConnell up, about 30-day PAA extension – reminds Republicans he knows where their families live.

this has to be a record, in the time it took me to write three paragraphs there are 41 new responses

amazing

No we do NOT recognize that the Intel committee did a good job. They spat on the Constitution in the Intel Cmte. Reid is a sack of crap.

step 1 complete

Wahoo!

We don’t suck again!!!!

Wahoo!!!!!

YES SIREEE!!!

Chris Dodd speaks. Harry Reid whines.

30 days of more illegal wiretaps. YoooHoo, is this a great country or what?

Stupie is throwin things in the oval office.
RUN BARNIE!!

Who’s Cheney’s understudy? They got the bald head right, but he needs to work on the psychopathic sneer.

Reid: People are crying wolf too often!

take that Bush/Cheney!!

upstairs

We ought to thank the Senate for giving us a reason to watch Bush lie to Congress tonight.

Reid is not even generating complete English sentences.

Exactly. Talk about *that* in your SOTU.

Man am I disappointed in Landrieu. OK, she probably wouldn’t have changed her vote had we not had the votes, but still…

This should set up his chimporer nicely for the STFU speech. Heh. Pass the popcorn.

Hooray for the good guys. It’s new to win one.

She flipped again? Sorry I missed it.

So the cowardly senator from Florida did not vote. Thanks for nothing Mr. Nelson.

17:10: Senator McConnell argues against invoking cloture on the 30 day extension, because President Bush says he will veto it. Perhaps there will be a short term extension later in the week, but the Senate will be on FISA after this vote (won’t move
to a different bill), so it makes no sense to pass a 30 day extension, faced with a promise to veto.

17:13: Senator Reid says the House is going to pass a 30 day extension tomorrow morning. “People are crying wolf a little too often.” The cloture vote starts at 17:14.

OK, I was joking before –

But did Obama simply fail to vote?

What is up with that?

new liveblog thread upstairs…

So, this time the GOP came up 12 votes short on cloture for the SSCI version of the bill. Last week, we came up 12 votes short in opposing tabling of the SJC version.

Now moving to cloture vote on Reid’s 30-day extension. Don’t clutter up the blog with running vote counts, even though it’s exciting. Anyway, they are shouting out their votes immediately . . . .

The Blue Dogs should be fired.

No we do NOT recognize that the Intel committee did a good job. They spat on the Constitution in the Intel Cmte. Reid is a sack of crap.

in fact, most of the intel DID do a good job, it was cheney’s “intel “B” that didn’t do a good job

cheney had to form a seperate branch of inteligence because the real cia wouldn’t say what he wanted them to say

everyone did a good job on the intelligence committee!!!!!!!!!!! barf

What are they voting on now? 30-day extension?

And cloture will likely fail on this bill, too: there’ll be no extension, and it’s now incumbent the Dems to boo Bush tonight when he accuses them of wanting the terrorists to kill ickle babies.

New Thread people!!!!

How does it feel to marinate in victory folks?……

Reid is a shit.

Lahoma

Nevermind…I was listening, not watching, and couldn’t tell. They are voting for the 30-day extension.

Never let those who vote against the extension hear the end of it. They hate America and want the terrorists to win.

Ooh, Chimpy’s gonna be pissed tonight. He’ll stamp his little feet and scream!

Obama voted no

List of Senators, with links to web sites and phone numbers — I think Beerfart was asking for this earlier. I’ve linked it up for the last week in all the phone call posts, but here it is as a stand-alone.

Hi, siri and susan. I’m in Manzanola, CO.

I can’t stand either of the Salazars. Next year we will have Senator Mark Udall to offset Ken Salazar.

Just called Dodd’s office to thank him, as an American! Secretary said thank you! I said no, thank you!!!

while we wait
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujosfSkHFrQ

Christy I have just emailed you the sites where we can get vcards for the Senate and House. Faxing is real easy using them.
keith