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brooklynite

(94,581 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 11:55 AM Oct 2013

Formal Announcement of a deal in five minutes...

Formal announcement of a Senate deal to reopen the government and avoid a possible U.S. default will come at noon on the Senate floor, a Republican Senate aide told CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash.

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Formal Announcement of a deal in five minutes... (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2013 OP
They they vote? Is this right? uppityperson Oct 2013 #1
Maybe... brooklynite Oct 2013 #2

brooklynite

(94,581 posts)
2. Maybe...
Wed Oct 16, 2013, 12:04 PM
Oct 2013

...they need unanimous consent to bring it up for discussion; then an agreement on how much debate to allow (or a unanimous waiver thereof)

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